VROOM!
What fun, racing over the shapes! BEEP BEEP!
Follow me! Slide, curve, go up and come down.
Followmeandwewillfindouthowmanyshapes there are in the world!
Everything starts with lines, running straight ahead until crack! They break into a corner . . .
BOING! They run around a curve . . . and then, SCREECH! They stop on a dot.
Put your finger on the red balloon and let it slide all the way to the blue one.
VROOOM!
The circle is slippery-slidey, I can’tstop!
CIRCLE
Like a button
inchacircleitbecomes an oval!
Ifyoup
Like an egg
OVAL
Ifyoucut a circle in half, it becomes a semi-circle!
SEMI-CIRCLE
Like an orange slice
Well, how do you like that?
My kitchen is full of rounded objects!
Hold on tight – here come the shapes with sharp edges!
Let’s start with the perfect little square . . .
SQUARE
Like a cookie
If you make two of its sides a little longer, it becomes a rectangle!
RECTANGLE
Like a chocolate bar
And if it turns slightly to one side . . . HOOPLA! It’s a diamond!
Like a kite
DIAMOND
How many 4-sided shapes are hiding in the living room of your little friend, the bunny?
ZOOM!
Here I go, speeding off to the three-sided shapes! Look carefully; there are lots of different kinds of triangles to race around on. Trace the shapes with your finger!
RIGHT TRIANGLE
Like the roof of a house
EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE
Like a road sign
Like a slice of pizza
ISOSCELES TRIANGLE
Maybe on the chair or in the drawer.
Find the hidden triangles in my bedroom.
There must be more.
WOW! Some shapes have even more sides!
Let’s start with 5 sides . . .
PENTAGON
Like a birdhouse
And then we can add another one 6 sides . . .
HEXAGON
Like a beehive
And even get to 8!
OCTAGON
Like a clock
Come into my garden and look with me. How many multi-sided shapes can you see?
VROOM! CLICK.
I am stopping here. That’s all for me. But keep on looking around you, there are lots of shapes to see!
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