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Shapes Song for Kids (Singing Walrus)

From The Singing Walrus · 2016

Shapes Song for Kids (Singing Walrus)
4 minPre-KK1stMath
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Summary

A bright song that names and shows everyday flat shapes — circle, square, triangle, rectangle — and points them out in real objects. Builds the shape vocabulary kids use to describe the world around them.

Viewer safety

All ages

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

Shapes have names we can use to describe things around us.

  1. What shape is a clock? A door?
  2. How can you tell a square from a rectangle?
  3. Is a shape still a triangle if you turn it upside down?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, sides

Try it: Name three shapes you can find in the room. Draw a square and a triangle and count their sides.