Cato’s bicycle

Introduction to plane shapes

Once upon a time..

• Once upon a time there was a lovely little girl named

Candy. She had a happy neighbor named Cato. He

was very kind. Candy loved playing with her toy box.

One day, she sat playing with her square blocks from

her pretty toy box.

• She looked at Cato who sat next to her. He was busy

playing with his new shiny bike that his mother had

bought him for his birthday. Candy thought

something looked funny about his bike.

“Cato ! Your bike looks funny!” Candy said as

she walked around it.

“No girl. My bike is the best ever! Can’t you

see that?” He boasted.

“But Cato, this is not going to work. You cannot

ride your bike like this.” She said still looking

at his bike.

• “Just you watch girly!” Cato said loudly.

• “No Cato! It is not going to work. I am telling you.

The wheels that make the bike are supposed to be

round. Like a circle Cato, like a circle.” Said Candy.

 

What is a circle?

A circle is a round shape. It has no straight lines and no corners.

 

PICTURE OF A CIRCLE

CIRCLES

• Cato shrugs and jumps on his bike.

Candy does not know what she is

talking about he thought to himself. He

put his feet on the pedals of the bike

and started to pedal But nothing

happened!

• “Why is nothing happening?” Cato said

because he was very confused. He thought

that his bike was not working! Candy

looked at Cato and helped him off his bike.

• “You see Cato. I told you that the wheels

are supposed to be like a circle on the

bike. Your wheels are squares. That is

what I was trying to tell you.”

What are squares?

A square is a four sided shape with four edges. All sides are equal.

Pictures of Squares

“Oh! I now see! So if I take out the squares

and put circles will it work Candy? Will

it?” Cato asked excited.

“Oh yes. It will work!”

Candy helped Cato take out the square

wheels from his bike.

“See now, it doesn’t look so silly.”

She laughed.“Oh Cato look!” she said a bit surprised as she held up a square block from the bike.“What Candy?” he asked puzzled.“If you turn the square on its edge you get a diamond shape. A diamond Cato! Ouu.” She said fascinated.

Cato continued to take out the squares from his bike. He held up two of them together, side by side. He was confused. It did not look like a diamond as Candy had said.“Candy, what is this thingy…”“Oh, that is a rectangle. It’s kind of different right?”

  

What is a rectangle?

• A rectangle is a four sided shape.It has two long sides and two short

sides.

PICTURE OF A RECTANGLE

“Candy…but I was watching a cartoon yesterday and I saw this really, really cool

shapey with less that three sides!”“Oh…I think I know which one you’re talking

about.” she said.“Does it have three sides and is kinda pointy?”

she asked.“Oh yes! Right.That’s just like it.”

“That’s called a tri-an-gle.” she said slowly.“Ohhhhh.Okay” Cato felt happy he knew what

it was.

(Showing a picture of a triangle)

PICTURE OF A TRIANGLE

. Cato was hungry after all this talking.

Especially by Candy.“Come on. Let’s go

get some snacks Candy.”They both went

inside to the snack basket that mom had

made for them. “Take only one for the

while Cato.” Oh he was tempted! Mom

wasn’t home. But Candy was. He sighed.

He took out a pack of yummy marshmallows

and gave one to Candy. They sat on the

floor of the living room eating their

snacks.“Oh look Candy. This pack looks a

little like a rectable.”“What on earth is a

rectable Cato?” Candy said utterly

confused.“A rectable. Like the ones we were

talking about outside.”

Candy laughed at how ridiculous Cato could

be.“Oh Cato. It’s a rectangle. A rec-tan- gle.

R-e-c-t-a-n-g-l-e.” She spelt it out for

him.“Okay smarty.” He said annoyed at

her.She held up the snack pack that Cato

was talking about.“I guess it does look like a

rectangle.” Cato smiled proudly.  

• “Mhm.” Cato shakes his head. There

were so many different shapes, he

thought. He now understood that he

couldn’t have a bike with square wheels

and that even snacks had shapes.

Phew! And what was really interesting

for Cato was that each shape could be

used for something.

RHYMES ON SHAPES

I am Cindy Circle. Watch me turnRound and round and you will learnI’m not straight and I don’t bend.My outside edges never end.

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

Opal Oval is my name.The circle and I are not the same.The circle is round, as round as can be.I am shaped like an egg, as you can see.

MORE RHYMES ON SHAPES

Tommy Triangle is the name for me.Count my sides- there’s one, two, three.

Ricky Rectangle is my name. My four sides are not the same.Two are short and two are long.Count my sides. Come along- one, two, three, four.

I am Danny Diamond.I am like a kite. But I’m really just a squareWhose corners are pulled tight

ACTIVITIES. 1Colour each shape according to the chart.

(square-red)(rectangle-yellow)

(circle-blue)

ACTIVITY 2DRAW ABOUT ITDRAW SOMETHING THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A RECTANGLE / SQUARE/TRIANGLE /CIRCLE

WRITE ABOUT ITWHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE AND WHY?

READ ABOUT ITPOEM ON SHAPES

TALK ABOUT ITLOOK AROUND THE CLASS AND FIND OBJECTS THAT ARE CIRCLES/SQUARES/TRIANGLES/RECTANGLES

• ACTIVITY (CLASS/HOME)• USE RECIPIE AND MAKE

SHAPED COOKIES• With the help of parent or

teacher..follow recipe and create your own shape cookies.

• Ingredients• 225 g butter, at room temperature• 110 g caster sugar• 275 g plain flour• ground spices, or finely grated zest

(optional)

• Method• 1. Preheat the oven to 170C/gas

3. 

2. Cream the butter in a large bowl or in a food mixer until soft and creamy. Add the sugar and beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy

•3. Sift in the flour and spices or grated zest (if using) and bring the mixture together to form a firm dough. 

4. Using your hands, roll the dough into different shapes and place them slightly apart on a baking tray (no need to grease or line). Flatten them slightly with the back of a damp fork and bake in the oven for 13–15 minutes, or until they are light golden brown and slightly firm on top. 

5. Carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. …enjoy your shape cookies.