The shape of the object

💡 How it plays and why it helps

A die, a shoebox, a party hat, a paper roll, a marble: each one is a solid shape in disguise. The shape of the object names an everyday thing and shows four solids of one color, and your child taps the solid shaped like it. In this Kindergarten game the instruction is read aloud, five objects make a round, and every answer is checked with its match, such as a cone, like a party hat.

Linking a math name to a thing in the hand is how solids become real. Cube, cylinder, sphere, cone and rectangular prism each get two objects here: a die and an alphabet block for the cube, a can and a paper roll for the cylinder. The hint asks the right question: flat or round in your hand?

Hats are the sticking point. A party hat and a witch hat both end in a point, and a pyramid sits among the choices both times. Ask, "Is the edge of a party hat round, or does it have corners?" Praise the picture in your child's head: "You imagined the hat in your hand."