- Definition
A square is a special kind of rectangle where all four sides are the same length.
A piece of crafting paper with four equal sides and four perfect corners is a square.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: A square is like a cracker that has four sides that are all the same length and four perfect corners.
Ask your child: How could you check if this window pane is a perfect square?
Common mix-up: Kids may think a square tilted on its point is a 'diamond.' A shape is a square if it has four equal sides and four right angles, no matter how it's turned.
Examples
- A single tile on a checkerboard.
- A cheese cracker with four sides of the same length.
- One face of a standard toy block.
square is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
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