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…
Using the Shape Songs (MP3 Album), students learn all about shapes, 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 Triangle Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about triangles, 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 Triangle Song (MP3), students learn all about triangles, 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 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 Trapezoid Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about trapezoids, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy video!
Using the Parallelogram Song (Original Music Video), students learn all about parallelograms, 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 Rectangle Song (MP3), students learn all about rectangles, 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 Polygon Song (Original Music Video), 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 Rhombus Song (MP3), students learn all about rhombus, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Circles, squares and shape hunts
Kindergarteners learn to name flat (2D) shapes like circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and hexagons, and solid (3D) shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They learn that a shape is still a triangle whether it's big, small or turned upside down. They describe shapes by counting sides and corners (a triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners), compare flat and solid shapes, and build new shapes by putting smaller ones together. The click moment comes when a child points at a soup can and announces "cylinder!"
Shapes are all around us. These moves turn your classroom into a shape museum.
Play the shapes song and have kids draw each shape in the air as it's sung. Then hold up a real object and ask which shape it is. Songs plus movement help kids remember names and features.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withShapes SongSongsOpen it →Kids cut out and fold a paper cube, counting its faces as they go. Holding a 3D shape they made themselves shows how flat squares become a solid. Keep them for sorting games later.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withPaper Cube TemplateWorksheetsOpen it →Flash a shape card, then give kids ten seconds to find something in the room with that shape. Include rotated and skinny triangles so kids learn that turning a shape doesn't change its name.
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 withShapes Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Kindergarteners love shapes. Here are ways to let them play.
WorksheetsKids sort shapes by name, then by number of sides. Can they find another way to sort?
Open Sorting Shapes Worksheet →
WorksheetsPractice drawing circles, triangles and squares, then turn them into a house, a snowman or a rocket.
Open Drawing Circle, Triangle, Square Shapes Worksheet →
WorksheetsMatch solid shapes to everyday objects: a ball is a sphere, an ice cream cone is a cone.
Open 3D Shapes Matching Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Shapes Song, Square Song (MP3) and Circle Song.
Kindergarteners learn 2D shapes like circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and hexagons, and 3D shapes like cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres. They also describe shapes by sides and corners.
2D shapes are flat, like a drawing of a circle. 3D shapes are solid and can be held, like a ball. Kids learn that a 2D square is a face of a 3D cube.
Go on a shape hunt around the house: plates are circles, doors are rectangles, cans are cylinders. Building with blocks and cutting shapes out of paper are great practice too.
It's a very common mix-up! Show that turning a shape doesn't change it: it still has 4 equal sides and 4 corners. Rotate shapes often during play so kids see them every way.
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