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What is perimeter? There are different words used in the world of math with the kids and that is why educating the kids about the meanings before going deeper into the whole process is the most important thing. This educational video is about telling the kids more about the perimeter of the shapes and what is it.

We all know that "perimeter" is the continuous line that forms the boundary of a closed geometrical figure, but kids will not understand this meaning as well, so parents and teachers should try to bring it to them in a more simpler way. To make it more understandable by the kids, we could say it is the distance around a two dimensional shape.

Perimeter is part of math since one of the questions that might be asked for the kids is "what is the perimeter of this given shape" and that is when they will need to add all the numbers of this shape and bring out the final answer, or the perimeter.

Before reaching the point of knowing more about the perimeter, what is it and how it should be calculated, kids should first know more about the different geometric shapes that are found out there, know more about their names, and get the chance to differentiate between the ones close to one another in the shape and manage to know the different properties of every single one of them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ea_xGBiw1o).

We have an example that could make it easier for the kids to understand the meaning of the perimeter. If you have some trees then we could say that the perimeter is the fencing that goes around the garden.

As we have mentioned before, in order to calculate the perimeter, one should add up the length of all the different sides of the shape. Addition is one of the easiest mathematical operations that are found in the world of math and it is usually the first one that kids come to learn after they learn the numbers and manage to count in the right order (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfSeSHWE78).

There is one thing different when it comes to calculating the perimeter of the different geometrical shapes that are found out there, the circle is not the same as the other shapes and the perimeter of the circle is called "the circumference". This circumference is calculated through this equation "2π x radius".

There are different formulas followed with the different shapes in order to calculate their perimeter and some of these shapes are really easy.
- Square= 4 x one side (since they are all the same length)
- Rectangle= 2 x (width + height)
- Triangle= side + side + side
- Quadrilateral= side + side + side + side (quadrilateral is any four sides' shape)

Educating the kids about the shapes - 2D and 3D shapes - starts simply with their pictures and their names before it comes to the other more detailed information that include knowing about the perimeter and coming to the other properties of these different shapes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfCdqxTjEw).

Teaching the kids about the perimeter, what is it and how it should be calculated is for those in the first years of school but is not given to kindergarten who are not yet very much into the shapes and their names or even into the different mathematical operations.

There are lots of different ways that kids could depend on when it comes to educating them about the shapes and one of the most effective is this one related to showing them the shapes in the real world and telling them what they are called when it comes to geometry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9nMr4P843o).

Isn't it easy to teach the kids more about the perimeter and what it is or how it should be calculated according to the shape they are exposed to? There are lots of other easy lessons which the kids will come closer to after they know more about the shapes, their names and other important mathematical operations.

Enjoy watching this video along with your kids and let us know your feedback about it all, how it turned out to be and how much they managed to learn from it and gain something that is added to their knowledge.

If you have any questions or any suggestions, just send them all over and we will be more than happy to reply.

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