The Shape Hunt
Your whole house is made of shapes. Find them all.
1 week🔢 Math🔬 Science🧭 Life Skills
What you need
- a phone or a pencil and paper
- sticky notes if you have them
Nothing to buy and nothing to print — if you do not have one of these, swap it for whatever you do have.
The steps
Day 1
Circles
Find five circles anywhere in the house. Photograph or draw each one.
📷 Take a photo
Day 2
Squares and rectangles
Find five. Then ask: which are squares and which are rectangles, and how do you know?
📷 Take a photo
Say this: “A square is a rectangle where all four sides decided to be the same.”
Day 3
Triangles
Triangles are harder. Find three. Look at roofs, sandwiches and coat hangers.
📷 Take a photo
Day 4
Count them up
Which shape did you find most of? Count each pile.
🔢 Write the number down
Day 5
Make the map
Draw the rooms and put one shape in each room where you found it.
🎨 Draw it
How to score it
You score this, not us. Pick the description that actually matches what they did.
Finding
- 1. Found a few with help
- 2. Found some alone
- 3. Found all of them alone
- 4. Found ones nobody else spotted
Naming
- 1. Named one shape
- 2. Named most
- 3. Named all
- 4. Named all and explained the difference between a square and a rectangle
Counting
- 1. Counted with help
- 2. Counted correctly
- 3. Counted and compared
- 4. Counted, compared and said which was most
What goes in the portfolio
A picture map of the house with a photo or drawing of one of each shape found.