Shapes

Keywords: Round, Flat, Corner, Edge

Travel through

A collection of round objects (football, wheel, clock) and flat objects (book, envelope, mobile phone).

Teacher can display the objects similar to the ones shown above and help the children to identify each object. The teacher can help them say orally the names of the objects that are round and flat by touching the objects.

Learn

Examples of round and flat objects: a ball, a slate, a book, and an orange.

The ball is round. The slate is flat. The book is flat. The orange is round.

Practice

Tick (✓) the following objects as round or flat.

Practice exercise: Identify a drum, a coin, a ruler, and a wheel as either round or flat.

Corner, Edge

Learn

Illustration of an edge on a table and a corner on a book.

Practice

Colour the corner, Trace the edge

Practice exercise: Colour the corner of a slate and trace the edge of a book.

Think like a mathematician

A child thinking about shapes.

Do round objects have corner? No

Are there any objects that are both round and flat? Yes