Shapes Songs/Fingerplays/Poems

Sammy Square
Sammy Square is my name
My 4 sides are just the same
Turn me around, I don't care
I'm always the same, I'm a square!

Danny Diamond
I am Danny Diamond
I am like a kite
But I'm really just a square
Who's corners are pulled tight.

Ricky Rectangle
Ricky Rectangle is my name
My 4 sides are not the same
2 are short and 2 are long
Count my sides, come along
1-2-3-4.

Ollie Oval
I am Ollie Oval
A football shape is mine
Some people think that I'm an egg
But I think I look fine!

Tommy Triangle
Tommy triangle is the name for me
Tap my sides, 1,2,3.

Ricky Rectangle
Ricky Rectangle is my name
My four sides are not always the same,
Sometimes short and sometimes long,
Hear me sing my happy song.

Harry Heart
Harry Heart is my name
The shape I make is my fame
With a point on the bottom
And two humps on top
When it comes to love
I just can't stop!

Make a Triangle
(tune:  Three Blind Mice)
One, two, three, one, two, three
Do you see? Do you see?
Up the hill and to the top
Down the hill -- and then you stop
Straight across, tell me what have you got?
A triangle--a triangle!

Make a Square
(tune:  Twinkle, Twinkle)
From the bottom to the top
Straight across and then you stop
Straight down to the bottom again
Across and stop where you began
If the lines are the same size
Then a square is your surprise.

Make a Rectangle
A long line at the bottom
A long line at the top
A short line to connect each side
A rectangle you've got!
Now a short line at the bottom
A short line at the top
A long line to connect each side
A rectangle you've got!

Make a Circle
(tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)
Round and round on the paper I go
What fun to go around like so
What have I made, do you know?
I made a circle.

What Shape is This?
(tune: The Muffin Man)
Do you know what shape this is?
What shape this is, what shape this is?
Do you know what shape this is,
I'm holding in my hand?

Shapes Song
(tune Are You Sleeping?)
This is a square, this is a square
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It has four sides, all the same size
It's a square, it's a square.

This is a circle, this is a circle
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It goes round and round, no end can be found
It's a circle, it's a circle.

This is a triangle, this is a triangle
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It only has three sides that join to make three points
It's a triangle, it's a triangle.

This is a rectangle, this is a rectangle
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It has two short sides, and it has two long sides
It's a rectangle, it's a rectangle.

Shape Shake
(tune:  Hokey Pokey)
(Give each child a small cutout of the shape you are working on)

You put your ______ (shape--circle, square, triangle, etc.) in,
You put your ______ (shape--circle, square, triangle, etc.) in,
You put your ______ (shape--circle, square, triangle, etc.) in, and you shake it all about.
You do the shake shake and you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about.

What Shape is This?
(tune: You are my Sunshine)

I am a square, a lovely square
I have four sides, they're all the same
I have four corners, four lovely corners
I am a square, that is my name.

Shapes
(tune:  Are You Sleeping?)

This is a square, this is a square
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It has four sides, all the same size
It's a square, it's a square.

This is a circle, this is a circle
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It goes round and round, no end can be found
It's a circle, it's a circle.

This is a triangle, this is a triangle
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It only has three sides that join to make three points
It's a triangle, it's a triangle.

This is a rectangle, this is a rectangle.
How can you tell? How can you tell?
It has two short sides, and it has two long sides
It's a rectangle, it's a rectangle.

The Rolling Circle Song
(tune Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?)

Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?
It rolls this way and that way, and that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes round and round?

Triangles
(tune: Jingle Bells)

Triangles, triangles,
Have three sides,
Triangles, triangles,
Have three sides
You can draw big triangles
In the air,
It is fun to use your hands
And make them anywhere.

One Blue Square
(tune: Three Blind Mice)

One blue square, one blue square,
See how it's shaped, see how it's shaped
Four big corners it does have,
Four big corners it does have
One blue square, one blue square.

Square Song
(tune: Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song)

S-Q-U-A-R-E,
All squares have four sides,
Shaped like blocks,
Or a slice of bread,
All four sides are the same.
One, two, three, four (spoken),
S-Q-U-A-R-E
Squares are e-a-sy.

Make a Shape
(tune:  The Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we make a square,
Make a square, make a square,
This is the way we make a square,
So early in the morning.

The Rolling Circle Song
(tune:  Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?)

Have you ever seen a circle, a circle, a circle?
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes 'round and 'round?
It rolls this way and that way,
And this way and that way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes 'round and 'round?
It rolls this way and that way,
and this way and that way.
Have you ever seen a circle, which goes 'round and 'round?

Red Shapes Hokey Pokey
(tune:  Hokey Pokey)
Put a red (name of shape) in,
Put a red (name of shape) in,
Put a red (name of shape) in,
And shake it all about.
Do the hokey pokey
And turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

Shapes What About You
I am a circle
Here's what I can do.
I can roll around.
How about you?

I am a square
So perfectly true.
I am the same length on four sides.
How about you?

I am a rectangle
With four sides too!
But I can be short or tall.
What about you?

I am a triangle
With only three sides.
But I can stand on anyone.
How about you?

It's a Rectangle
(tune:  B-I-N-G-O)
There is a shape that has four sides,
But it is not a square...No!
It's a rectangle;
It's a rectangle;
It's a rectangle;
It is not like a square....No!

Two sides are long; two sides are short.
They are not the same...No!
It's a rectangle;
It's a rectangle;
It's a rectangle;
The sides are not the same...No!
(Hold up a square when mentioned and then hold up rectangle)