Lesson 3 — Hard Pictures Come from Easy Shapes

Age: Grades 1–3 (ages 6–9) Duration: 15–20 minutes Format: Web game (play right away, no prep needed) Concept: Decomposition — every complex thing is built from simple pieces (just like programs are built from small commands)

Learning Objective

Kids look at something complex and break it into basic parts — everything that looks hard is simple pieces combined.

Do It Together (Parent-Child Co-participation)

Grab paper and actually draw: a cat from circles + triangles + lines, just like you broke it apart.