Summary
“This Is a Square-Based Pyramid” is a Jack Hartmann song-and-movement video that teaches shapes and the sides, corners, and faces that name them. Short and catchy — an easy warm-up, transition, or review.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
We name shapes by their features — the number of sides, corners, and faces they have.
- What shapes are in this song, and how many sides does each have?
- How can you tell two similar shapes apart?
- Can you find one of these shapes in the room?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: shape, side, corner, face, square, triangle.
Try it: Draw three shapes from the song and label the sides and corners on each.