🔢 KG 1 · Numbers & shapes · Ages 4–5 · about 2 weeks Dates: to

Solid Shapes

Goal: Name a sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder and cone, and say which ones roll, slide and stack.

For parents: Use real objects from the kitchen rather than pictures — 3D shapes are about how things behave when you hold them.

Do together

  1. Kitchen shape hunt

    You need: An intact ball, a cardboard box and an unbreakable straight-sided cup

    Explore the ball as a sphere, the box as a cuboid and the cup as a cylinder-shaped object. An adult can roll paper into a cone and hold it closed for comparison. Explain that real objects may only be like a mathematical shape.

  2. Roll or slide?

    You need: The shapes you collected, a tray tilted on a book

    Try each shape on the slope. Which roll? Which slide? Which do both?

  3. Tallest tower

    You need: Small empty cardboard boxes and unbreakable cups

    On the floor, make a low tower with the boxes and cups. Try flat surfaces together and notice what stays steady. Compare with a ball placed beside the tower. Keep the stack below your child's shoulder height.

Talk about it

  • Why does a ball roll?
  • Which shape has flat faces?
  • What shape is a dice?

Words to use

  • sphere
  • cube
  • cuboid
  • cylinder
  • cone
  • roll
  • stack

Play (optional)

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