::Geometry = Focus on shape attributes::

Examples of activity that the teacher could to in a classroom to teach about shape attributes:

Provides the children with several 2-D shapes set.

A set of 2-D shapes.

Write the descriptions that focus on shape attributes on flash cards (e.g. riddles). Ask the children to guess and pick one shape that matched the descriptions given.

For example:

I have 4 equal sides. People always see me at the floor that made up from tiles. Who am I?

(Answer: Square)

Furthermore, the teacher could also ask the children to work in groups and form the 2-D shapes together. For example, if the teacher asks the children to form a circle, the children in each group have to hold their hands and form a circle. In addition, if the teacher asks the children to form a rectangle, the children might have to lay down and form a rectangle together. 

The children is forming a circle.

The children is trying to form a rectangular.