Identifying and naming common 3D shapes: cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, cone, pyramid, triangular prism.
Where your child meets this in real life: Identifying shapes in packaging, buildings, balls, cans, and ice cream cones
SEAGReady breaks name 3d shapes into 3 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Identify and name the 7 common 3D shapes when shown in standard orientations
Correctly differentiate between commonly confused shape pairs (cube/cuboid, cone/pyramid)
Identify 3D shapes when presented at unusual angles or from different viewpoints
Three free sample questions from our name 3d shapes course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.
Isla picks up a tin of beans from her kitchen cupboard. It has two flat circular ends and a curved surface joining them. What 3D shape is the tin of beans?
Dylan has two boxes. One is a dice with all faces the same size (squares). The other is a cereal box with faces of different sizes (rectangles). Which is the cube and which is the cuboid?
Freya's ornamental pyramid tips over and lands on its side on the windowsill. It still has a flat square base and four flat triangular faces meeting at a point. What 3D shape is it?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
A box has two identical triangular ends joined by three rectangular faces.
What 3D shape is the box?
It has two identical triangular ends joined by three rectangular faces
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A box has two identical triangular ends joined by three rectangular faces.
What 3D shape is the box?
The box is a triangular prism.
The key insight: A prism has two identical end faces joined by other faces.
Common mix-up: Calling it a pyramid. A pyramid's triangular faces meet at one apex; a triangular prism has two matching triangular ends.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in name 3d shapes, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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