Shapes Song, The

Submitted by Sue Michiels, Los Angeles, California

Idea posted August 26, 2003

I made up a shape song to be sung to the tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down."

We can make lots of shapes, lots of shapes, lots of shapes,
We can make lots of shapes,
So help us sing along.
A triangle has 3 sides, 3 sides, 3 sides,
A triangle has 3 sides,
1, 2, and 3.
A square has 4 equal sides, 4 equal sides, 4 equal sides,
A square has 4 equal sides,
1, 2, 3, and 4.
A rectangle has 4 sides too, 4 sides too, 4 sides too,
A rectangle has 4 sides too,
2 short and 2 long.
A pentagon has 5 sides, 5 sides, 5 sides,
A pentagon has 5 sides,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
An octagon has 8 sides, 8 sides, 8 sides,
An octagon has 8 sides,
Now let's stop!
(The stop sign is an octagon.)

On my poster of this song is each one of the shapes and a photo of a stop sign as the last picture.