Kindergarten Shapes: Circles
Learn about circles
What You'll Learn
- Identify circles
- Know that circles are round
- Find circles in the real world
📖What is a Circle?
A circle is round like a ball or a cookie. It has no corners and no straight sides.
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Look around! Can you find circles? Clocks, wheels, and plates are circles!
Worked examples
Real problems from the practice worksheets, solved one step at a time.
Example 1
Which shape is round: a circle or a hexagon?
- A circle is round, with no corners.
- A hexagon has straight sides and 6 corners — it is not round.
- So the answer is the circle.
Answer: circle
Example 2
I am round. I have no sides and no corners. What shape am I?
- The shape is round, with no straight sides.
- It has no corners.
- A round shape with no corners is a circle.
Answer: circle
Example 3
Is this a circle or a hexagon?
- A circle is round, with no straight sides and no corners. A hexagon has 6 straight sides and 6 corners.
- Count the sides and corners of this shape: it is round, with no straight sides and no corners.
- So it is a circle.
Answer: circle