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3rd Grade Geometry Songs

16 3rd grade geometry songs. Teacher favorites: Shapes Song and Square Song (MP3). How teachers use these

3rd Grade Geometry Songs

16 3rd grade geometry songs. Teacher favorites: Shapes Song and Square Song (MP3). How teachers use these

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Song3rd GradeShapes Song

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…

3rd GradeMathAnglesSongs
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Song3rd GradeSquare Song (MP3)

Using the Square Song (MP3), students learn all about squares, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeShape Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Shape Songs (MP3 Album), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometryBundles
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Song3rd GradeShape Song (MP3)

Using the Shape Song (MP3), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeCircle Song (MP3)

Using the Circle Song (MP3), students learn all about circles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeTriangle Song (MP3)

Using the Triangle Song (MP3), students learn all about triangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeVolume Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Volume Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and find volume of 3D Shapes using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeParallelogram Song (MP3)

Using the Parallelogram Song (MP3), students learn all about parallelograms, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradePolygon Song (MP3)

Using the Polygon Song (MP3), students learn all about polygons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeHexagon Song (MP3)

Using the Hexagon Song (MP3), students learn all about hexagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradePentagon Song (MP3)

Using the Pentagon Song (MP3), students learn all about pentagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeRectangle Song (MP3)

Using the Rectangle Song (MP3), students learn all about rectangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeRhombus Song (MP3)

Using the Rhombus Song (MP3), students learn all about rhombus, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeOctagon Song (MP3)

Using the Octagon Song (MP3), students learn all about octagons, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeTrapezoid Song (MP3)

Using the Trapezoid Song (MP3), students learn all about trapezoids, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
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Song3rd GradeVolume Song (MP3)

Using the Volume Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and find volume of 3D Shapes using the catchy and memorable lyrics.

3rd GradeMathGeometrySongs
From our teachers' playbook

Square units, sides and shapes galore

What do 3rd graders learn about geometry?

Third grade geometry is mostly about measuring shapes. Kids learn that area is how many square units cover a shape, first by tiling and counting, then by multiplying: a 4 × 6 rectangle = 24 square units. They find perimeter by adding up the sides and learn that two shapes can have the same area but different perimeters. They also sort quadrilaterals, spotting that a square is a special kind of rectangle and rhombus. The click moment is when kids see that counting rows of squares is really just multiplication.

How we make geometry click in 3rd grade

Area and perimeter get mixed up all the time. These three moves keep them straight.

Tile it before you multiply

Give kids sticky notes or square tiles and have them cover a rectangle on their desk. Count the rows, count how many in each row, then count them all. After a few shapes, someone will say "Wait, it's just 3 times 5!" Now the formula is theirs, not yours.

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.

Finding the Area in Square Units WorksheetTry it withFinding the Area in Square Units WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Fence or carpet?

We use one simple question: "Are we putting a fence around it or carpet inside it?" Fence is perimeter, carpet is area. Kids turn and explain to a partner which one a problem needs before solving. Saying it out loud stops most mix-ups.

Why it works: using clear, consistent math words out loud is one of the U.S. Department of Education's recommendations for elementary math.

Perimeter Area WorksheetTry it withPerimeter Area WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Shape family tree

Draw a big chart of quadrilaterals on the board and sort shapes into it together. Is a square a rectangle? Is a rectangle a square? Arguing it out with pictures helps kids understand that shapes belong to more than one family.

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).

Finding Quadrilaterals WorksheetTry it withFinding Quadrilaterals WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →

Make geometry feel like play

Shapes are everywhere. Get kids moving, singing and building with them.

Shapes SongVideos

Shape sing-along

Sing the shapes song and hold up a shape on each verse. Kids call out the number of sides and corners.

Open Shapes Song →Solving Perimeter Word Problems WorksheetWorksheets

Design a dream room

Kids draw a room on graph paper, then find the area for carpet and perimeter for the border.

Open Solving Perimeter Word Problems Worksheet →Finding Area of Irregular Shapes WorksheetWorksheets

Break-apart builders

Split a funny L-shaped figure into rectangles, find each area, then add them up.

Open Finding Area of Irregular Shapes Worksheet →

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16 Songs

Teacher favorites right now: Shapes Song, Square Song (MP3) and Shape Songs (MP3 Album).

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What geometry do 3rd graders learn?

Third graders learn area and perimeter, how to classify quadrilaterals, and how to split shapes into equal parts. Area by multiplying rows and columns is the biggest new skill.

How do you explain area vs perimeter to kids?

Area is the space inside a shape, like carpet on a floor. Perimeter is the distance around it, like a fence. Area is measured in square units and perimeter in plain units.

What is a quadrilateral in 3rd grade?

A quadrilateral is any shape with four straight sides and four corners. Squares, rectangles, rhombuses and trapezoids are all quadrilaterals.

How can I help my 3rd grader with area at home?

Use floor tiles, cereal box squares or graph paper. Have your child count the squares in a rectangle, then show how rows times columns gives the same answer faster.

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Written by the Have Fun Teaching team of elementary teachers and homeschoolers. Research: U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse (2021). Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades. Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.