Shapes
Across
- 2. A star is a shape with five or more pointed ends. It's like the stars you see in the night sky or the drawings you make to represent a shining star.
- 4. A diamond is a shape with four equal sides, but it looks a bit stretched compared to a square. It's like the shape of a baseball field or a playing card.
- 6. A cross is a shape with two lines that intersect in the middle, forming four equal arms. It is a symbol with cultural and religious significance.
- 7. A spiral is a shape that starts small and winds around itself as it gets bigger. It's like the swirl in a seashell or the winding staircase in a castle.
- 9. A hexagon is a shape with six sides. It's like a stop sign you see on the road or the shape of honeycomb cells in a beehive.
- 11. A rectangle is a shape with four sides and four right angles, just like a square. However, a rectangle has longer sides and shorter sides.
- 13. A pentagon is a shape with five sides. You can imagine it as a house with a pointed roof or a traffic sign with five corners.
Down
- 1. An octagon is a shape with eight sides. You can think of it as a big, red stop sign or a large outdoor swimming pool with eight equal sides.
- 3. A circle is a perfectly round shape with no corners. It's like a hula hoop or the shape you make when you draw around the edge of a round object.
- 5. A triangle is a shape with three sides and three angles. It looks like a slice of pizza or a mountain with three sides.
- 7. A square is a shape with four equal sides and four right angles. Think of a perfect piece of chocolate, each side and angle the same!
- 8. A rhombus is a shape with four equal sides, similar to a square or rectangle, but its sides are slanted. It's like a kite floating in the sky
- 10. A heart is a shape that looks like two curved bumps coming together at the bottom. It's a symbol of love and often drawn on cards for special occasions.
- 12. A crescent is a shape that looks like a curved-out sliver of the moon. It's often seen in symbols and can be compared to a banana's shape.
- 14. An oval is a shape that is like a stretched-out circle. It's not perfectly round but smooth and curved. Think of an egg or an olive for its shape.