Making Shapes From Shapes Activity
This making shapes from shapes activity helps K through 2nd grade students build bigger shapes from triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids and squares. Answer key included.
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This making shapes from shapes activity lets children discover that small shapes can be put together to build bigger ones. Composing shapes is an important early geometry skill: when children see that two triangles make a rhombus or that two trapezoids make a hexagon, they start to understand how shapes are related.
The printable pack includes a sheet of colorful shape pieces (triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids and squares) and two puzzle mats with six shapes to build. The pieces are drawn at the same size as the shapes on the mats, so children can lay them right on top. Each puzzle tells how many pieces to use, and children cover the shape with no gaps and no bumps. Use it in a math center, with a partner or in a small group.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with prep tips, steps and extension ideas
- Shape Pieces cut sheet
- Two Puzzle Mat pages with six shape puzzles
- 1st grade practice worksheet: draw lines to split shapes into parts
- Puzzle key and practice answer key
Why Kids Love It
- Moving real pieces makes geometry hands-on and fun.
- Each puzzle has a clear goal, so children know when they have solved it.
- Finding more than one way to build a hexagon sparks real problem solving.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
This kindergarten geometry activity also works well for first and second grade. Print the pieces on cardstock so they last, and keep each set in a zip-top bag. Ask children to name each shape they make and count its sides and corners. For a challenge, have them find a new way to cover a hexagon or build their own big shape and trace it. Finish with the practice page to check what children learned from the making shapes from shapes activity.
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