Art & making • Classes 1–3
A city made of shapes
What can a circle become: a wheel, a window or something new?
Take your time. Speak, draw or write your answers.
Here is what is happening.
Artists can combine simple shapes to make pictures. A shape can stand for different things depending on what surrounds it. Your picture can tell a story without a single written word.
Your little investigation
What you need
Paper and any pencil or crayons. No special art kit needed.
Draw three circles, three triangles and three rectangles.
Turn them into a place where people can read and play.
Tell its story. Add a path that everyone can use.
Which shape has three straight sides?
KEEP ASKING
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