Shapes All Around

Match everyday things to shapes.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 59

Shapes are all around us! A stop sign is an octagon. Count its 8 sides.
A cookie is a circle. A door is a rectangle. A warning sign is a triangle.
Solid shapes are all around too. A ball is a sphere, a can is a cylinder, and a number cube is a cube.
We can make models of things with shapes. Roll clay into a sphere, and you've made a little ball!
Try it with a grown-up! Go on a shape hunt. Find a circle, a rectangle, a sphere, and a cylinder. Draw one thing you found.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

K.GSR.8.1 — Identify, sort, classify, analyze, and compare two- dimensional shapes and three-dimensional figures, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, number of sides and vertices, and other attributes.
K.GSR.8.3 — Use basic shapes to represent specific shapes found in the environment by creating models and drawings.