I am momma circle round like a pie. (Hands over head in a circle.)
I’m baby triangle three sides have I. (Use 3 fingers to make a triangle.)
I am papa square my sides are four. (Draw a square in the air.)
I’m cousin rectangle shaped like a door. (Draw a rectangle in the air and then knock.)
I am brother oval shaped like a zero. (Make oval with arms over head.)
I’m sister diamond with a sparkle and a glow. (Touch thumbs and index fingers and extend.)
We are the shapes that you all know. (Make circles with index fingers and thumbs and
Look for us wherever you go. place around your eyes like glasses.)
Note! Explain that “rhombus” is the correct term for the diamond shape. Sing the song calling sister a “rhombus” instead of a “diamond.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXroY8njjzE
Have a shape snack of circles (cookies), triangles (nacho chips), squares (crackers), and rectangles (graham crackers).
Let children make collages out of construction paper cut in geometric shapes.
Play "I Spy" by having children touch various shapes in their home classroom.
For example: I spy a circle. (Children touch a circle.)
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock. (Palms together and tick tock back and forth.)
The mouse ran up the clock. (Wiggle fingers up in the air.)
The clock struck one, (Clap one time.)
The mouse ran down. (Wiggle fingers down.)
Hickory dickory dock.
Two – “Yahoo!” (Continue clapping the appropriate number of times.)
Three – “Whopee!”
Four – “Do more!”
Five – “Let’s jive!”
Six – “Fiddlesticks!”
Seven – “Oh, heavens!”
Eight – “Life’s great!”
Nine – “So fine!”
Ten – “We’re near the end.”
Eleven – “We’re sizzlin’.”
Twelve – “I’m proud of myself.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQbBksJMjpg
Activities: Use your arms like the hands on a clock. Extend both arms over your head. On “one” bring right arm down to the position of “one” on a clock. On “two” bring righ arm down to the position of “two” and so forth.
Make paper plate clocks and use to sing the song.
