Summary
“Shapes! (Mini Math Movies)” is a Scratch Garden song-and-animation that teaches 2D shapes and the sides and corners that name them. A short, catchy video — easy to drop into a math lesson, a warm-up, or a transition.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
We name flat shapes by their sides and corners — a triangle has three, a square has four equal ones, and so on.
- What shapes did the song show? How many sides does each have?
- How can you tell a square from a rectangle?
- Can you find one of these shapes in the room?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: shape, side, corner, square, triangle, rectangle.
Try it: Draw a triangle, a square, and a rectangle. Label the number of sides and corners on each.