Description
This bundle contains a collection of related short stories (fairy tales the length of book chapters) focused on the topic of basic shapes.
In Shapesong, King Triangle has suddenly declared that everything and everyone should be a Triangle! Many shapes try to comply, for they don’t want to break the law and be punished. But the more they try to create triangular soccer fields, and triangular homes, or even triangular heads … the more they realize this isn’t a great plan. And what’s up with those mysterious shapes cut out of the environment? Might those ancient stones be the answer?
Follow a diverse set of Rebelshapes on a shape-related adventure as they try to battle the evil King Triangle!
Enjoyed these adventures and want more? No worries! Our shape-related games regularly include King Triangle or the Rebelshapes (animals shaped suspiciously like a basic shape) in the rules and material! Check the “Continue Exploring” section in this topic.
You might also want to check out Chronicles of the Colorblind. It’s the same idea, but exploring one basic color per story. That one has slightly longer stories and more grown-up themes (about emotion and making mistakes); the Shapesquare Stories sticks a bit more to whimsical stories suitable to very young ages.
Fun fact (and very light spoilers):
- The Piqarine Painter, from the escape room with the same name, appears here!
- Tessella and her Toolbox also first appeared here. There’s a large number of products within the project called “Tessella’s Toolbox”, but the Tricksy Tangrams is a good start.
- A very young version of our magical easter bunny, called Astra Buni, also appears here. You can find more from her in our Tales of Easter bundle.
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Product Contents
- 15 short stories (“chapters”) about Shapesong ruled by evil King Triangle
- The stories are included as a
.pdffile (most suitable for printing) and.epubfile (most suitable for ereaders). - The PDF has pages in “Half Letter” format (near A5; typical for books), but any computer system should allow printing 2 pages at once on a single A4/Letter page.
- Bingo Cards (for Apprentices to cross off things that appear as they listen to the story)
Fine Details
| Detail | Value |
| Categories | shapes, colors |
| Language | en |
| Level | 1 |
| Subject | mathematics |
Subject: Mathematics
The curriculum is split into six main subjects that align with your typical school subjects.
This resource is part of the Mathematics subject. Below is a summary:
This subject teaches Mathematics from first principles to calculus. Level 1 explores the basic skills needed before you do any counting or see any numbers (such as grouping and comparing objects). Level 2(+) can then introduce numbers, counting, addition, multiplication, and more.
Faction: Explorers
This resource is part of the Explorers Faction.
But that's just one way to teach and explore its topic(s)!
You can always move to a different Faction to find a more effective way to teach the same topic.
Played a quiz? Try a game! Played a game? Try an escape room! And so on.
For example,
Charm: Novel
This product is part of the Novel charm.
Visit its main page to learn more about what that means. Below is a summary:
Novels are written stories. We provide them in both digital format (ideal for ereaders) and physical format (ideal for printing).
Many of our stories can be bought in bookstores or rented from libraries too. Most of them center around an educational topic and explore that in tense and exciting ways.
Spell: My First Shapes
This resource is part of the My First Shapes topic (or "spell").
Just like colors, shapes provide an easy way to categorize the world around us and break it into smaller parts. This helps understand the world better: now you can explicitly ask your parents for the square thing, for example. It also enables teaching crucial skills such as grouping and combining later.
Use the buttons below to navigate to the previous or next topic in the curriculum.