Pair Matching Polygons

Summary of the Study
A child’s introduction to geometric shapes begins
in infancy with mobiles, books, blocks, puzzles,
sorting toys, and segments on various television
programs. Without direct instruction, young children
form an understanding of what defines a circle,
triangle, and rectangle by observing and
manipulating these basic shapes and identifying
them by name.  -(Mary Anne Hannibal)

Link to Game

I really like this math game.  It is a fun way for students to learn names of polygons.  I would use this together with the class on the smart board and let each student come up, one person at a time, to select two cards.  I would keep the same order of students to come up and keep the game going until every word and polygon was matched.  This could be done without keeping score of who gets the matches, or with keeping score ( and dividing the class into two teams with students still taking turns).

Another idea is to make cards for traditional matching games that students could play in smaller groups at their desks.  I also like the idea of instead of putting only a word or only a shape on the cards, put the shape and the word on each card.  A game that used more cards could also include matching colors too (adding more cards of the same shape in different colors, with every card still having a match to find).