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 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…
Using the Square Song (MP3), students learn all about squares, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Shape Songs (MP3 Album), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Triangle Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about triangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Triangle Song (MP3), students learn all about triangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Circle Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about circles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Shape Song (MP3), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Square Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about squares, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Rectangle Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about rectangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Polygon Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about polygons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Trapezoid Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about trapezoids, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy video!
Using the Circle Song (MP3), students learn all about circles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Parallelogram Song (MP3), students learn all about parallelograms, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Parallelogram Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about parallelograms, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Hexagon Song (MP3), students learn all about hexagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Rectangle Song (MP3), students learn all about rectangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Polygon Song (MP3), students learn all about polygons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Pentagon Song (MP3), students learn all about pentagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Octagon Song (MP3), students learn all about octagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Sides, corners and shape puzzles
First graders go beyond naming shapes. They learn what makes a shape that shape, called defining attributes: a triangle always has 3 straight sides and 3 corners, no matter its color or size. They put shapes together to make new ones, like two triangles making a square, and build 3D shapes from cubes and cones. They also split circles and rectangles into two and four equal parts and name them halves and fourths: 2 halves = 1 whole. The click moment comes when a child says "It's still a triangle, it's just upside down!"
Shapes click when kids build, break and talk about them. These moves do all three.
Give kids pattern blocks and ask them to make a hexagon using only triangles. Then try trapezoids. Building composite shapes shows that shapes can be combined, which leads straight to fractions.
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 →Show a composite picture, like a house made of a square and triangle, and ask kids to name every shape they see. They outline each one in a different color. It trains eyes to see parts inside a whole.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withLooking at Composite Shapes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Flash 3D shape cards and have kids name the shape and one real object that matches. Quick daily checks keep cylinders and cones from mixing up.
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 with3D Shapes Word WallFlash CardsOpen it →Shapes are basically art supplies. Let's create!
WorksheetsKids create a picture using only shapes, then count how many of each shape they used.
Open Shape Art Worksheet →
ActivitiesCut out triangles and see how many new shapes you can make by putting them together.
Open Triangle Cut Outs →
VideosSing about three sides and three corners, then hunt for triangles around the room.
Open Triangle Song (Original Music Video) →Teacher favorites right now: Shapes Song, Circle Song and Square Song (MP3).
First graders work with 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids and hexagons, and 3D shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They focus on what makes each shape unique.
Defining attributes are features that make a shape what it is, like the number of sides and corners. Color, size and direction are not defining attributes.
A composite shape is made by putting two or more shapes together. Two squares side by side make a rectangle, and six triangles make a hexagon.
Yes, a little! First graders split circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares and use the words halves, fourths and quarters.
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