This song will get your students singing, moving, and learning. It creatively impresses the conceptual knowledge behind 3D shapes deep into your students memory with its catchy tune and lively animations! Your students will end up singing the song out at recess and back at home: it is that engaging!
Tips for Parents
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Here's how to talk to your child about it
You learned about 3D shapes like cubes, spheres, and cones. The catchy song and fun animations helped you remember these shapes. You'll be singing the song at recess and at home!
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Some activities you can do with your child now
- After watching the video, you can engage your 4-year-old by playing a shape identification game. Use everyday objects like a ball, box, and cone, and ask your child to identify the 3D shape of each object. - Create a craft activity using different 3D shapes. Provide materials like construction paper, scissors, and glue, and encourage your child to make a sculpture or a 3D collage using the shapes they learned from the video. - Take a walk outside and help your child identify 3D shapes in the environment. Point out buildings with rectangular prisms, balls on the playground, and cylindrical lampposts. - Play a shape guessing game with your child. Describe a 3D shape without saying its name, and have your child guess which shape you are describing. For example, "I have 6 flat faces and all my edges are the same length. What am I?" (Answer: cube)
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Pretend play with your child
GAME: "Shape Seekers" Instructions: Play "Shape Seekers" with your child by asking them to find and point to different 3-dimensional shapes in their environment. Use the song as a reference, singing along and encouraging them to recognize shapes like spheres, cubes, and cylinders. Make it a challenge by timing how quickly they can find each shape, or turn it into a scavenger hunt by giving them a list of shapes to find.
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1 take away from the video for your child
"Learn about 3D shapes with this catchy song and fun animations. Singing and moving will help you remember the concepts. You'll be singing it at recess and home!"