Young Children's Ideas about Geometric Shapes

1 April 2000

journal article
Published by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Teaching Children Mathematics

Vol. 6 (8), 482-488
https://doi.org/10.5951/tcm.6.8.0482

Abstract

Atoddler, after some experimentation, puts a square peg into a square hole. What does she know about shapes? What more will she learn in preschool and elementary school. What might she learn?

Keywords

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GEOMETRIC SHAPES
SQUARE HOLE
YOUNG CHILDREN'S
CHILDREN'S IDEAS
SHAPES ATODDLER

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