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Description
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.
Objectives
The learning objectives in this topic are defined as follows.
- Identify and name the most common shapes.
- Understand that shapes are points and lines, and that this decides the shape’s name.
- Explore what happens when you combine or cut shapes.
- Understand that different shapes evoke different emotions or have different purposes, and that real-life objects can be simplified to shapes.
Explorers (1)
The Shapesquare Stories
A (printable) Novel exploring “My First Shapes”Once there was an evil king King Triangle be his name He wanted the entire world to be shaped the same So follow our differently-shaped heroes as they try to win!
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Teachers (4)
My First Shapes
A (printable) Lesson Material exploring “My First Shapes”The first step to recognizing complex things in life Is to recognize the basic forms and shapes This resource explores this in many different ways Until the student can tell square from triangle without strife
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Shape Animal Cards
A (printable) Activity Aid exploring “My First Shapes”A collection of cute animals Drawn to look like a basic shape Use it for your own activities However you want to fill the day
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Shapeseeing
A (printable) Activity Aid exploring “My First Shapes”How many triangles do you see? How many circles? Go Shapeseeing and test your skills In recognizing basic shapes with ease
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The Colorshape Tests
A (printable) Activity Aid exploring “My First Colors”A great way to practise your colors and shapes Is to sort special images you’d recognize any day Cut out the illustrations and put them in the matching jar And this simple activity will get you very far
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Quizmasters (1)
Quiz of Shape
An interactive Trivia Kit exploring “My First Shapes”A quiz to test your understanding Of basic shapes, corners, polygons and forms This quiz checks if you know how this works And challenges you to be the last Shape Master standing
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Puzzlepages (6)
Potion Puzzle
An interactive Puzzle Game exploring “My First Colors”Oh no! The wizards of Colorup Made a mess, their potions all mixed up Move colors from one vial to another Until each one contains only one and the same color!
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Rainbow Express
An interactive Puzzle Game exploring “My First Directions”Toot toot, make way for the Rainbow Express Guide every colored car back to its home address But be careful, their travels can never overlap Match colors, find routes, and feel smarter step by step
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Jigsaw Puzzlepack
A (printable) Educational Puzzle exploring “My First Shapes”One of the earliest activities That any Apprentice can do and enjoy Is play with jigsaws, straight or round And piece them together into the full image from before
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Potent Pentominoes
A (printable) Educational Puzzle exploring “My First Shapes”Tessella reached into her toolbox And came back with a pile of Pentominoes! It is your task to arrange these shapes Until the given image recreates
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Shapelings
A (printable) Educational Puzzle exploring “My First Shapes”A magical shape drawing puzzle That even toddlers can understand That tests if you know your shapes And a little bit of thinking ahead
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Tricksy Tangrams
A (printable) Educational Puzzle exploring “My First Shapes”Tessella reached into her toolbox And came back with a ton of Tangrams! It is your task to arrange these shapes Until the given image recreates
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Runaways (1)
The Treasure of Squaro
A (printable) Printable Escape Kit exploring “My First Shapes”A visual escape room for young kids Testing your shape knowledge and wits Collect the right jigsaw pieces and make an image appear Solve the mysterious shape riddles found in here!
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Gamiverses (12)
Froggy Feast
An interactive One Button Game exploring “Recognition & Discrimination”In this pond, tasty flies fall from the sky Press your button to stick out your tongue at the right time Grab only what you need, everything else is bad In Froggy Feast there’s much educational fun to be had!
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Domino Dreams
A (printable) Board Game exploring “Recognition & Discrimination”Place the dominoes so they match each side Before you wake up from the night Work together and think ahead Of this matching game you will dream in bed
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Court of King Triangle
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”Play evil King Triangle Or one of the Rebelshapes As you try to change Palace polygon’s corners And in so doing practice your basic shapes
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Defend the Palishapes!
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”A simplified version of Chess Using basic shapes for board and pieces To practice this important skill, yes But also subtly prepare you for real Chess
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Fortis
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”What if the video game Tetris Was a simple board game anyone could play? Fortis is fun, fast, and educational Practising your shapes and awareness of space
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Game of Shapelock
A (printable) Boardgame Book exploring “My First Shapes”A great way to learn in the classroom Is to pair up and play games with pen and paper This bundle contains 12 simple games About shapes, drawing lines, and beating the other player
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Pentomino Games
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”Did you love solving our Pentomino puzzles? And you’re looking to share that joy in a game? The Pentomino Games have you covered, their aim Is to have fun with shapes in many different ways!
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Shapastimes
A (printable) Boardgame Book exploring “My First Shapes”A bundle with 6 unique games To practice basic shapes The same material leads the way To fun, variety, and learning we say!
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Shapeways
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”You enter a new space Locations scattered around Your goal is to connect them with Shapeways And create a path unbroken and sound
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Spinnershapes
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”Race to the finish first On a board with basic colors and shapes But what determines the speed of your burst? It’s the spinners you spin all the way!
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Strateshape
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”A tactical game for all Apprentices abound Overlapping shapes to show your stars Who will win these geometry wars? Pick the best Strateshape and find out!
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Tangram Games
A (printable) Board Game exploring “My First Shapes”Did you love solving our Tangram puzzles? And you’re looking to share that joy in a game? The Tangram Games have you covered, their aim Is to have fun with shapes in many different ways!
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