his hands on STEM challenge makes geometry review fun, simple, and meaningful!
This resource is perfect for primary students learning about shapes and their attributes. Whether you're introducing solid figures or reviewing flat shapes, these toothpick building activities give your class a creative way to explore sides, vertices, faces, and edges.
It’s an ideal review for geometry units, math centers, early finishers, or STEM Fridays.
Your students will build 2D and 3D shapes using simple materials like toothpicks and playdough (or clay/marshmallows), helping them see and touch the geometric features they're learning.
With color and black and white print options, you can prep the resource once and use it year after year.
This pack targets key geometry standards and math vocabulary. Students identify, count, and label attributes such as:
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2D shape attributes :sides and vertices
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3D shape attributes : faces, edges, and vertices
- Visual recognition of common shapes (pentagon, square, cube, etc.)
- Differentiation between flat and solid shapes
Use this resource to:
- Support geometry standards in Kindergarten,1st and 2nd grade
- Teach shape attributes in a fun, tactile way
- Reinforce academic vocabulary like vertices and edges
✅ What’s Included:
- Color & B/W Shape Cards
- Hands-On Building Task
- Attribute Identification Boxes
- Differentiated Student Recording Sheet with and without visuals : gives you a no-prep assessment option.
- Optional Banner for classroom transformation
Shapes Covered:
2D Shapes:( 13 cards)
- Triangle
- Square
- Rectangle
- Pentagon
- Hexagon
- rhombus
- trapezoid
- parallelogram
- Star
- Pentagon
- Hexagon
- Octagon
- Decagon
- Nonagan
3D Shapes:
- Cube
- Square Prism
- Rectangular Prism
- Triangular Prism
- Pentagonal Prism
- Hexagonal Prism
- Octagonal Prism
- Square Pyramid
- Rectangular Pyramid
- Triangular Pyramid
- Pentagonal Pyramid
- Hexagonal Pyramid
- Octagonal Pyramid
Great for partner work or individual math centers!
Perfect for:
- Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd grade
- Geometry math centers
- STEM activities or STEM bins
- Shape of the week practice
- Early finishers and hands on homework
- Substitute teacher plans
- End of Year Review
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