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Kindergarten · Math · Unit 9 of 11

Build with Blocks

Balls, boxes, cans and cones.

What your child practices

Practices naming and describing 3-D objects (sphere, cube, cylinder, cone) by how they look and move, and choosing blocks to build with. At home, build a tower and talk about which block goes where and why.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 0.2.4.2; 0.2.4.4 · comparing solid shapes and naming the shapes of objects around us

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A ball is round and rolls everywhere.
  2. A box has flat faces and corners. It stacks well.
  3. A can has flat ends and rolls on its side.

Example: Which object can stack tall, like blocks? A ball rolls away. A box has flat faces, so it stacks. Answer: A box

Build with Blocks in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 9 of 11 in Kindergarten Math, after See It Fast and before Count to 100.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    A party hat is a…

    • cylinder
    • sphere
    • cone
    • cube

  2. Question 2

    Which two objects both roll?

    • sphere and cylinder
    • cube and cone
    • cube and sphere

  3. Question 3

    Which object has a point on top?

    • sphere
    • cone
    • cube

  4. Question 4

    Which object will slide but not roll?

    • cube
    • cylinder
    • sphere

  5. Question 5

    A cube has flat sides called…

    • faces
    • wings
    • wheels

  6. Question 6

    I have two flat circles and a curved side. What am I?

    • cylinder
    • sphere
    • cone
    • cube

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