3-d Shapes

The Kindergartners have been very busy learning about 3 Dimensional shapes in the world around us.  We have looked closely at these shapes and made a chart of what we noticed about each one.  We went on a scavenger hunt around the classroom to find samples of real world cylinders, cones, pyramids, rectangular prisms and cubes. We have also been collecting these in our "Shape Museum." Today each table was given a bag of the shapes, supplies to make a ramp and a recording sheet.  They worked together to decide if the shape could roll, slide, or stack.  Many found that if you turned a shape a certain way or made the ramp high enough it could be manipulated to slide or stack.  They also found ways to combine the shapes to look like things.  For instance putting a pyramid on top of a cube created a "house."  We will continue to study shapes over the next few weeks.  We will build 3-d shapes out of tooth picks and marshmallows, create a 3-d shape informational book and compare and contrast the shapes.  Ask your child to see if they can find some of these at home!