Using the Shapes Song, students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition. The Shapes Song by Have Fun Teaching is a song that teaches the shapes. Shapes have names their made of angles and lines, there are flat shapes and solid shapes we see them all the…
Using the Square Song (MP3), students learn all about squares, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Circle Song, students will learn all about circles. A circle is a shape that goes around and around. It's like a pizza, and a cookie, a ring, and a coin. A circle is a shape that goes around and around. In this song, your kids will also draw…
This Shape Art Worksheet asks 1st grade students to count the circles, rectangles, triangles and hexagons hidden in a picture, then count the sides of four shapes. An answer key is included.
This triangle cut outs activity has children sort 12 shape cards and cut out big triangles. Made for Preschool to 2nd Grade, with an answer key included for quick checking.
These shapes word wall flash cards give PreK to 2nd grade children eleven flat shapes with bold names, plus a count-the-sides practice page and answer key included.
Using the Shape Songs (MP3 Album), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This Looking at Composite Shapes Worksheet gives 1st graders four pictures built from squares and triangles and asks how many of each shape they see. Answer key included for quick, no-prep geometry practice.
This Making Composite Shapes Worksheet helps 1st Grade students build and break apart shapes using squares, triangles, trapezoids and half-circles. An answer key is included, so shape practice takes no prep.
This Classifying Shapes Worksheet has 1st graders count sides and corners, then sort nine numbered shapes into circle, square, and triangle columns. An answer key is included for fast checking.
Children sort shape cards into flat shapes and solid figures in this 2d 3d flat shapes solid figures activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This making new shapes activity helps K to 2nd grade students build and name composite shapes with cut-out pieces and self-check cards, answer key included.
Using the Shape Song (MP3), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
These 3D shapes word wall flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade students name six solid figures, with word wall cards, fold-over flash cards and a practice page. Answer key included.
This 3D Shapes Worksheet asks 1st grade students to circle the solids that roll, then name the shape a drum, an orange and a party hat look like. An answer key is included, so children can check their own work.
Using the Circle Song (MP3), students learn all about circles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This making shapes from shapes activity helps K through 2nd grade students build bigger shapes from triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids and squares. Answer key included.
Using the Triangle Song (MP3), students learn all about triangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This know your shapes worksheet has 1st graders color 2D shapes blue and 3D shapes red, then name each solid from a word box. An answer key is included for fast, easy checking.
This identify real life shapes worksheet has 1st grade students sort nine everyday objects into circle, square and triangle columns, then finish three sentences. An answer key is included.
Circles, squares and shape surprises!
First graders learn what really makes a shape a shape. A triangle is a triangle because it has 3 sides and 3 corners, not because it's blue or big. They put shapes together to build new ones, like two triangles making a square, and they meet solid shapes like cubes, cones and cylinders. They also cut circles and rectangles into equal halves and fourths. The click comes when a 1st grader builds a house out of shapes and names every piece!
First graders learn shapes by touching, building and singing. Here's what works for us.
Hand out paper shapes and say, "Can you make a rectangle with two squares?" Kids slide and flip pieces until it works, then glue them down. Building composite shapes shows them shapes can hide inside other shapes.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withMaking Composite Shapes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Start shape time with a short shape song and have kids trace a circle in the air with their finger. Singing the same song a few days in a row locks in the name and what makes it round.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCircle SongSongsOpen it →Mix a pile of shapes in different colors and sizes. Kids sort them by number of sides as fast as they can. Ask "Why is the tiny red one in the triangle pile?" to check they're sorting by sides, not color.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withClassifying Shapes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Shapes plus play equals giggles. Try these.
ActivitiesCut a paper pizza into equal halves and fourths so everyone gets a fair slice. Fractions never tasted so good!
Open Pizza For All Equal Parts Fractions Activity →
ActivitiesFlip cards and match each shape to its twin. A perfect quick center.
Open Matching Shapes Activity →
WorksheetsKids create a picture using only shapes, then count how many circles, squares and triangles they used.
Open Shape Art Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Shapes Song, Square Song (MP3) and Circle Song.
First graders should know circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and trapezoids, plus solid shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They should also tell which features make each shape what it is.
A composite shape is a new shape made by putting smaller shapes together. Two triangles can make a square, and a square plus a triangle can make a house.
Use snacks! Crackers, cheese slices and sandwiches come in lots of shapes. Have your child name each one, count its sides, and cut it into halves.
Yes. First graders split circles and rectangles into two or four equal parts. They learn that more pieces means smaller pieces.
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