Use this lesson to introduce the concepts of capacity and volume with young learners. This hands on lesson can be used as a scaffolded pre-lesson to Capacity Comparison.

In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!

Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.

Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.