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Make a shape
🔺triangle🟦square🏠house🧩put together
Make a shape.
The big ideaPut shapes together to make a new shape.

How it works

Put shapes together to make a new shape.

Two triangles can make a square. Triangles and a square can make a house.

Turn the shapes until they fit.

Put together• 2 triangles• 1 squareMake• a house• a bigger triangle
Joining shapes.

Example 1: Two triangles

  1. Put two triangles side by side along their long edge.
  2. They can make a square.
  3. A new shape!

Example 2: A house

  1. Put a triangle on top of a square.
  2. It looks like a house.
  3. Shapes make pictures too.

Example 3: Turn it

  1. A piece doesn't fit.
  2. Turn it around.
  3. Try again until it fits.

Words to know

join
To put together.
shape
The look of an outline.

Watch out

Try it

  1. What do two triangles make?
  2. What can you make from a square and a triangle?
  3. What can you do if a piece doesn't fit?
  4. Can the same shapes make different pictures?
Answers: 1. a square · 2. a house · 3. turn it · 4. yes
For grown-upsCut a paper square in half corner to corner and let your child put it back together.
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