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Shape in Early Childhood

Everything in the material world has shape. In mathematics, the focus is very much on regular shapes, such as the two-dimensional circle, triangle, and rectangle and the three-dimensional solids known as spheres and polyhedrons. In our everyday world, these solids commonly appear in objects we describe as boxes, pyramids, blocks, cylinders, and balls. A deeper knowledge about how two- and three-dimensional shapes are defined and relate to one another will help educators be aware of subtle distinctions and rules. Such an understanding allows educators to notice and highlight children’s key discoveries and to guide their experiences to make this knowledge explicit for them.

Copyright: Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative. Reprinted from Big Ideas of Early Mathematics: What Teachers of Young Children Need to Know (2014), Pearson Education.

Series: Focus on the Child

Recognizing Shapes with Child 13

February 14, 2013

A child describes examples (and non-examples) of common 2-D shapes.

  • Topic: Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Child 13
spatial reasoning
Series: Hear from the Experts February 13, 2013

Spatial Reasoning Connected to Other Math Areas

Children who have strong spatial reasoning abilities also have an advantage when it comes to learning the number line and solving math problems, researchers at the University of Chicago say. For more information about this…

  • Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Focus on the Child February 13, 2013

Composing Shapes with Child 15

A child builds structures using magnetic blocks.

  • Topic: Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Child 15
Series: Focus on the Lesson January 15, 2013

Feel for Shapes

In this geometry activity for pre-k and kindergarten, students distinguish shapes using touch rather than sight.

  • Topic: Shape
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Play, Books
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