![]() Thanks for understanding! Feel free to read our full disclosure policy here. * Please Note: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links and help support the work of this site. There are lots of ways to make math hands-on and fun, and I hope this gave you a great list of ideas for exploring 3D shapes! What are some of your favorite games or activities? Anything you would add to the list? ~Math Geek Mama I also have a free lesson for exploring the volume of 3D shapes! This visual, hands-on lesson makes understanding volume so much easier than memorizing a formula! Click here for the lesson on prisms and cylinders, and click here for the lesson on pyramids and cones. I have two FREE lessons for exploring surface area in a fun, hands-on way. Once kids learn about the shapes, understand all the vocabulary and recognize their nets, they will start learning and calculating the surface area and volume of those shapes. If you need some extra practice recognizing shapes, and understanding all the vocabulary, check out these FREE practice worksheets! Lots of practice with shape vocabulary and their nets. This is an excellent book, and a fun way to introduce the topic of Euler’s Formula for 3D shapes! ![]() ![]() This free lesson is meant to go along with the book, Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Coneby Cindy Neuschwander. They are also great for students who have mastered the above 15 preschool shapes and are excited to learn more 3-D Shapes Charts. Encourage the use of correct terms like face, edge, vertices, curved and flat surfaces 2. Learning 3D shapes just got WAY cooler These engaging, hands-on 3D shape activities teach kids about cones, cubes, cylinders, hemispheres, hexagonal prisms. Another fun game to play with little ones to help them recognize shapes in the world around them, as well as familiarize themselves with the vocabulary is this fun version of I Spy from Witty Hoots! Before playing, you might want to read 3-D Shapes by Marina Cohen which explores 3D shapes at the grocery store, or Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. While preschool students don’t generally work on 3D Shapes, these are great to have hanging around the classroom for self-led learning opportunities. Place different 3D objects into a bag or sensory tub and have your children describe them by feel. Play Dough 3D Shapes We all know how much kids love playing with play dough and clay, and let’s be honest, so do we.
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