We have begun our shapes and measurement unit. A fun game to practice shape knowledge is "I Spy".
Examples:
- I spy a shape with eight sides ( when your driving your child could point out stop signs that they see)
- I spy a rectangle ( child could point to street signs, bill boards, etc)
In first grade we are looking at the attributes of shapes: how many sides, how many corners, is the shape closed, does it have curvy or straight lines.
In addition, practice having your child draw pictures using certain shapes (draw a picture using only triangles, draw a picture using triangles and circles). The possibilities are endless.