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Thinking sheet · Art and artists
Build a Character from Shapes
Count the shapes in a character, then build your own from circles, squares and triangles.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Art and artists
- Kids practice
- shape recognition, counting, building with shapes
What kids do
“Kevin’s robot is made of shapes! Count them, then build your own character.”
- Find the shapes
- How many?
- My character made of shapes
How to run it
- Trace the shapes in the robot with a finger first.
- Have kids build with only 3 kinds of shapes.
- Older kids can label each shape in their own character.
Talk about it
- Which shape did you use the most?
- What shape is a head? A wheel?
- Could you build an animal from shapes?
Take it further
Cut shapes from paper and glue them into a character.
Pairs well with
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