Mathematics

Matching shapes to everyday things

An AR classroom game for Grade 1. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive matching activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Match each shape to something around you.
- circle
- triangle
- square
- rectangle
Read the explanation
Spotting shapes in everyday things sticks faster than learning their names.
02
Match each shape to its number of sides.
- triangle
- quadrilateral
- pentagon
- circle
Read the explanation
Count the sides of each shape - a circle has none.
03
Match each number to how it is read.
- 5
- 8
- 10
- 3
Read the explanation
Read the numerals correctly first and the arithmetic comes easily.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Link flat shapes to everyday objects, count the sides of triangles, quadrilaterals and pentagons, know a circle has no straight sides, and review reading numbers and adding.

What's in the worksheet

4 rounds, a matching game with 4 pairs each - Circle with a wheel; square with a floor tile; rectangle with a door - Triangle with 3 sides; pentagon with 5; circle with none - 8 with แปด; 10 with สิบ - 4 + 4 with 8; 5 + 5 with 10

How to use it in class

Use after teaching shape names. 5-6 minutes. - Play in teams; for round 1, each team finds one more classroom object of the same shape - For round 2, children trace the sides of paper shapes with a finger and count - If many miss round 1, ask "Are all four sides the same length?" to separate square from rectangle - Play it linked to a class and the scores go into the class gradebook.

Common sticking points

- In round 1, swapping square and rectangle, as a tile and a door are both four-sided - In round 2, not knowing the pentagon and matching by elimination - In round 2, unsure whether a circle has a side, since its edge looks like one curved line