Preschool · Arts · week 11

Square-and-triangle houses

Combine a square and a triangle to draw a simple house shape, and tell the two shapes apart.

A square has four sides that are all the same length, and four corners. A triangle has three sides and three corners.

Put a triangle on top of a square and you get a house shape. The square is the walls, and the triangle is the roof.

📋 For the teacher

Teach it (10–15 min):

Trace real square and triangle objects first, like a block or a sliced sandwich, before free-drawing.
Count sides and corners together with a finger, out loud, every single time.
It is fine if the square looks wobbly. The goal is four sides and four corners, not a ruler-straight edge.
Add extra houses to make a little street, if your child wants to keep going.

Talk about it:

Mastery looks like: They draw a square and a triangle correctly and combine them into a house shape.

Common stumbles: Drawing a square with only three sides, or a triangle with four, from rushing the corners.

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