 Hi today, I'm going to talk about one way I teach shapes to my students Today, I'm going to talk about rectangle a square a triangle and a circle So I would sit my students down on the carpet and I would tell them boys and girls Everything's made up of shapes. You can find shapes everywhere you look and so then you could talk about the first shape a Rectangle boys and girls. This is a rectangle. What is it and they'll repeat rectangle? I know this is a rectangle because it has two sides that are long and two sides that are short So we know that this is a rectangle. I can find rectangles in many places Can you find a rectangle and then you would have them look around and see if they can find a shape? That looks like a rectangle And then I pick up my next shape. I would say this is a square boys and girls. What is it? It's a square squares are very special because all of their sides are the same length So this side is equal to this side is equal to this side and is equal to this side. This is a square So squares are special because any way you turn it it still looks the same So this is a square can anybody find a square and then we would look for a square in our environment And then I pick up the next shape, but I'd say boys and girls. This is a triangle. What shape is it? It's a triangle Triangles have three sides. Can you count the sides? Let's count one two three This is a triangle and then have the kids look around to see if they can find any triangles in their environment And the last one this is a circle boys and girls. What is it? It's a circle a circle is special because it doesn't have sides. It has Curves take a look it curves around no straight lines on a circle Can anybody find a circle and so then we would just look in our environment for those shapes And that's one way I teach shapes Thanks