 Here is an easy way to help a child learn to recognize shapes. You can start with a circle, square, or triangle. Wherever you are, you can point out a shape, then have the child find things that are also that shape. Let's use a circle, for example. You could point at a plate and say, the plate is a circle. See how it's round? This shape is called a circle. Then you can ask, where else do you see a circle? The child can have fun finding more circles. You can do the same thing with squares, triangles, or other shapes. Shapes are everywhere, so learning to recognize them will help a child understand the world around them.