Guess The Shape Kindergarten Math Lesson

Summary

In this interactive lesson, students explore different shapes through tactile and visual learning. The instructor introduces shapes like squares, rhombuses, rectangles, and circles, guiding students to identify and describe them by their sides and vertices. Children actively participate by touching shapes, counting sides, and coloring the shapes on paper. The teacher encourages engagement through repetition, asking students to pronounce shape names and recall their characteristics. This playful and hands-on activity reinforces basic geometry concepts in a fun, accessible way, helping young learners connect the shapes with real-world examples.

Takeaways

• 📚 The instructor reads a story about shapes to the class.
• 🟦 The first shape introduced is a square, which has four sides of equal length.
• 🤲 Students are encouraged to find and color a square on their papers.
• 🔺 The instructor emphasizes that all sides of the square are the same and checks students' understanding of this.
• 🔷 A rhombus is introduced next, and students learn it also looks like a diamond.
• 🎨 Students are asked to color the rhombus after identifying it on their paper.
• 🔲 The instructor discusses a rectangle, which has two short and two long sides.
• 👩‍🏫 Students continue to color different shapes as they are introduced, with guidance from the instructor.
• ⭕ The concept of a circle is introduced, and students are asked how many sides a circle has.
• 👏 The lesson ends with the students writing their names after successfully identifying and coloring the shapes.

Q & A

What was the story about?

The story was about different shapes.

What shape has four equal sides and equal vertices?

A square has four equal sides and equal vertices.

What instruction does the teacher give after introducing the square?

The teacher instructs the students to find the square on their paper and color it.

Which shape has four sides but is not a square or rectangle, and feels like it could be a kite?

The shape is a rhombus, which also looks like a diamond.

How many sides does a rhombus have?

A rhombus has four sides.

What shape is introduced after the rhombus?

The next shape introduced is a rectangle.

What instruction is given for the rectangle?

The students are instructed to color their rectangle.

How does the teacher describe the sides of the rectangle?

The teacher describes the rectangle as having short sides and long sides.

What shape has no sides?

A circle has no sides.

What is the final activity the students are instructed to do at the end of the lesson?

The students are instructed to write their names.