Círculo, Cuadrado, Triángulo, Estrella
Circle, Square, Triangle, Star
📐 Standards alignment
ACTFL World-Readiness: Communication (interpersonal, interpretive, presentational) · Cultures (shape patterns in Talavera tiles from Puebla, Mexico) · Comparisons (Spanish vs. English)
Can-Do targets (NCSSFL-ACTFL, Novice Low):
- I can name a circle, square, triangle, and star in Spanish.
- I can trace a shape in the air when I hear its name.
- I can find shapes hiding in real things.
Learning objectives
- Recognize and repeat four shape words
- Trace each shape in the air while saying it
- Find real objects shaped like each one
Materials
Paper and crayon for tracing. A few round, square, and triangular objects if handy.
Prior knowledge
Colors from Unit 2 — shapes and colors love each other.
Key vocabulary
el círculo · el cuadrado · el triángulo · la estrella
Shape detectives
Look at a window (square-ish!), a clock (circle!), a slice of pizza (triangle!). Shapes hide inside everything — today we learn their Spanish names.
Meet four new words
Tap each card to flip it and hear how it sounds. Look at the picture, say the Spanish word out loud, then check the back for the English meaning.
Say it three times
Go back through the cards above. For each word: the grown-up (or the 🔊 listen button) says it once, then your child repeats it three times, nice and loud. Silly voices are encouraged!
Draw it in the sky
Trace each shape in the air with a whole arm — huge, slow shapes — while saying the word. Then trace one on your child’s back and let them guess: ¿círculo o estrella? Swap and let them draw on yours.
Memory game: ¡Encuentra el par!
Find the matching pairs — each Spanish word has its picture hiding somewhere in the grid.
Find the matching pairs!
Escucha y elige — Listen and choose
Press each play button and choose what you heard.
1. Press play. What did you hear?
2. Press play. What did you hear?
3. Press play. What did you hear?
Shape statues
Call a shape in Spanish — everyone makes it with their body: arms in a circle overhead, four friends make a square on the floor, hands make a triangle roof. Estrella = starfish jump!
One more flip-through
Scroll back up to the flashcards and let your child flip through them on their own, saying each word before checking the back. No help this time — just see what they remember!
Show what you know
1. “El triángulo” is a…
2. How do you say “star” in Spanish?
¡Muy bien!
Four shapes learned: el círculo, el cuadrado, el triángulo, and la estrella — traced in the air, found in the room, and made with whole bodies.
Take it home
Shape hunt at home
Find one thing shaped like each of the four shapes at home. Draw all four things below and label the shapes in Spanish (copy from the cards above).
Name: Date:
Shape picture
Draw a whole picture using ONLY the four shapes — a shape house, a shape rocket, a shape cat. How many of each did you use? Count in Spanish!
Note for teachers & parents
Pacing: triángulo is a mouthful — clap it out: tree-AHN-goo-loh. Air-drawing while saying it helps the syllables land in rhythm.
Watch for: some children mix up the shape being named with its color. The Lesson 2 combos untangle this — for now, one attribute at a time is fine.