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Kindergarten Geometry Standards: Shapes and Space (K.G)K.G Standards

Short answer. Kindergarten geometry sounds fancier than it is. Your child learns to name squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres, and to keep calling a triangle a triangle even when it's upside down or tiny. Position words ride along too: above, below, beside, behind, next to. The stop sign is a real geometry lesson from the back seat.

The standards split into two clusters. K.G.A is identify and describe: naming shapes in the world, using position words, and telling flat (2-D) shapes from solid (3-D) ones. K.G.B is analyze and build: comparing shapes by their sides and corners, drawing them, constructing them from sticks and clay, and joining two triangles to make a rectangle.

Grade
Kindergarten
Learning level
Subject
Math
Skill area
Standards
6
Skills in this domain
Clusters
2
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Every K.G standard, in order

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01
Cluster

Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).

3 standards

  1. K.G.A.1Naming Shapes and Position Words (K.G.A.1)

    Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

  2. K.G.A.2Naming Shapes in Any Size or Position (K.G.A.2)

    Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

  3. K.G.A.3Telling Flat Shapes From Solid Shapes (K.G.A.3)

    Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").

02
Cluster

Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.

3 standards

  1. K.G.B.4Comparing Shapes: Sides, Corners, and More (K.G.B.4)

    Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/"corners") and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

  2. K.G.B.5Building and Drawing Shapes at Home (K.G.B.5)

    Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes.

  3. K.G.B.6Putting Shapes Together to Make New Ones (K.G.B.6)

    Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, "Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?"

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K.G is part of the Common Core State Standards. Whizki keeps official wording separate from parent-friendly explanations.

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