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2D Shapes Online Games
Recognize 2D Shapes online Games FREE. This interactive 2D shape game is designed to help children learn the names of various 2D shapes. In this 2d shape naming game, players listen to the name of a flat shape and select the corresponding image from multiple choices. Play online 2D Shapes recognition games.
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2D Shapes games online FREE
Play 2D shapes games online: listen the name of the shape and click on one of given shapes pictures, which you think is the right one. If the name matches with the chosen flat shape, you will see "YES" sign. If the answer is wrong, you will see "Try it again" sign.
Try another shape (picture) until you find the correct one. Press the button "New game" and play another 2D shape game.
Interactive 2D shapes games
Learning geometric shapes can be very easy with our colorful online 2D shapes games. For the first contact with shapes you can try these shapes flash cards online. These shapes flash cards introduce all shapes with their names in both written and spoken word.
2D shape games printable
We have also several kinds of printable 2D shapes worksheets: 1. Match 2D shapes to names, 2. Identifying shapes games, 3. Naming shapes games.
Check also these 2D shapes teaching printables: shapes names with pictures in PDF.
2D shape matching game
Online 2D shape game is an interactive math game for kindergarten, which improves the ability to identify and name 2D shapes. Preschool children are able usually recognize basic shapes as square, triangle, circle, rectangle and oval. First graders should also recognize other flat shapes as pentagon, hexagon, octagon, rhombus etc.
What is 2D shape?
A 2D shape (two‑dimensional shape) is any figure that lies entirely in a flat plane and has only two measurements—typically called length and width. Unlike 3D shapes, they have no depth.
This ´interactive 2D shape game´ serves as a shapes recognition practice for kids. Kids who already mastered 2D shapes can play these 3D shapes games online.
2D shapes names
Our 2D shapes games include following 2D shapes. Read 2D shapes definition for kids:
 | A circle has no corners or edges. It is round. A circle is a simple closed curve. The distance between any point of the circle and its centre is the same and it is called the radius. A nice example of a circle is the Sun. | |
 | An oval is like a circle which has been squashed or stretched. An oval looks like an egg. | |
 | A triangle has 3 sides and 3 angles. | |
 | A cross is a geometrical shape consisting of two intersecting bars perpendicular to each other. The International Committee of the Red Cross uses a cross as its logo. | |
 | A square has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles. All sides of a square are the same length. | |
 | A rectangle has 4 sides and 4 right angles. Rectangles have 2 long sides and 2 short sides. | |
 | A rhombus has 4 equal sides. Its opposite sides are parallel and opposite angles are equal. | |
 | A trapezoid has 4 sides. Only two of its sides are parallel. | |
 | A parallelogram also has 4 sides. Its opposite sides are equal in length and parallel. | |
 | A pentagon has 5 corners and 5 sides. The headquarters of the United States Department of Defenses in Virginia looks like a pentagon from above. | |
 | A hexagon has 6 corners and 6 sides. The hexagonal shape can be found in honey bee cells. | |
 | An octagon has 8 corners and 8 sides. An octagon is an example of a polygon as a pentagon or a hexagon. | |
 | A heart is a human organ. The heart shape is the universal symbol of love. | |
 | A star looks like a star that you see in the sky. | |
Match 2D shapes to names
Our 2D shapes games and activities can be used in the classroom or at home. The shape name is always pronounced in English, so these interactive shape games can be played even by children who can't read yet.
Learn to recognize shapes with our 2D shapes games for kids. You can also learn 2D shapes on YouTube here.
2D shapes interactive games for kids
Shape recognition can be split into two separate skills – identifying and naming. Identifying focuses on the ability to point out a shape when named. The next step is naming. In this step the kid can name the shape when asked. This is a more difficult than identifying.
Our 2D shapes online games improve the ability to identify shapes. We hope that nice pictures of shapes will make these shapes exercises more interesting.
2D shape name game
Understanding 2D shapes is the first step toward all of geometry—recognizing how shapes interact, fit together, and form the surfaces of the world around us.
You can play this ´2D shape game´ online or you can download printable 2D shapes recognition worksheets, which you can use also for home schooling. Do you want to try other geometry games for kids? Then check these online geometry games.
Kindergarten shapes games
This 2D shape game was created with the aim to build up visual spatial skills and review 2D geometric shapes. You can use this as a conversation starter as you practice naming shapes and discussing their attributes.
Questions to discuss along with this interactive shape game:
- Can you name the shape in the picture?
- How many sides/angles does that shape have?
- Where can you find the shape in the nature? For example: an example of a circle is the Sun.
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Shapes names with pictures Geometry Games Kindergarten Math 1st Grade Math
