Geometry in the classroom

Once we've looked at the different environments where children can observe various geometric shapes from urban and natural settings to their own homes, we can't forget the environment where they learn every day: school. Shapes are present everywhere, from objects in space to school supplies.

The notebooks they often use for writing are rectangular, as are books. Rubbers can be either square or circular. Glue sticks are cylindrical, and markers and pencils are generally cylindrical as well. If we look at the rest of the environment, the classroom clock is circular, and rectangles appear constantly on doors, or blackboards. Balls used at break are spheres.

Figure 1

Note. Book with rectangular shape.

Figure 2

Note. Rubber with square shape. 

Figure 3

Note. Glue stick with cylindrical shape. 

When teaching students each of these geometric shapes, which have already been mentioned and whose definitions

have been explained in previous blog posts. Students could be asked to individually, or in groups, identify

geometric shapes in real objects around the school, find them, and then draw them on a sheet of paper, explaining

what shape they represent.

As we've seen in previous posts, we are surrounded by countless geometric shapes, so what better way to teach

them than by using all these examples?