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 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!
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.
Using the Circle Song (MP3), students learn all about circles, 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 Parallelogram Song (MP3), students learn all about parallelograms, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This name that shape sorting activity lets PreK to 1st Grade students sort 25 colorful shape cards under five shape names, with a practice page. Answer key included.
Using K.G.2 Common Core Activity, students name and sort shapes on cards to learn shape names and attributes.
Using the Polygon Song (MP3), students learn all about polygons, 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 Pentagon Song (MP3), students learn all about pentagons, 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 Rhombus Song (MP3), students learn all about rhombus, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Circles, squares and shapes everywhere!
In preschool, geometry means shapes, and shapes are everywhere! Little ones learn to name and spot circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, then notice what makes each one special: a triangle has three sides and three corners, a circle has none. They find shapes in real life, like a round plate or a square window, and start meeting solid shapes like a ball (sphere) and a box (cube). The click moment is when a child points at a stop sign and says "That's not a circle!"
Preschoolers learn shapes through songs, pictures and their own two hands. These are our go-to moves.
Start the day with a shape song and have kids draw each shape in the air as it comes up. Music plus movement gives little ones two ways to remember. By the end of the week, they'll be singing it on the playground.
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 →Hang shape cards at kid height and point to them all day long. "Our snack crackers are squares! Can you find the square on the wall?" Seeing the picture again and again turns the name into instant recall.
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 Word WallFlash CardsOpen it →Give kids paper triangles to hold, trace and arrange into houses, trees and rockets. Running a finger along three sides and three corners teaches more than any picture alone.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withTriangle Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Shapes are the perfect thing to play with. Try these little-kid favorites.
VideosHold hands, make a big circle and sing along. Then make a square with four kid corners!
Open Circle Song →
Flash CardsMatch 3D shape cards to toys around the room: a ball, a block, a can, an ice cream cone.
Open 3D Shapes Word Wall →
VideosA short, friendly lesson that names each shape and asks kids to find it. Great for centers.
Open Basic Shapes Micro Lesson →Teacher favorites right now: Shapes Song, Square Song (MP3) and Circle Song.
Most preschoolers learn circle, square, triangle and rectangle first. Many also learn oval, star, heart and diamond, and start hearing names for solid shapes like sphere and cube.
Many children start naming basic shapes around age 2 to 3, and most can name the four main shapes by age 4 or 5. Recognizing shapes in different sizes and turns takes a little longer.
Go on a shape hunt in the kitchen: round plates, square crackers, rectangle doors. Talk about sides and corners as you find them. Short, playful moments every day work best.
That's normal! Squares really are a special kind of rectangle. At this age, focus on the simple rule: a square has four sides that are all the same length.
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