I’m having a hard time finding out the proper names for these shapes that are in my baby’s shape sorter. My baby calls them “sun” and “flower” respectively. But I want to teach her the right words of course. Can anybody help? I’ve made some rough drawings on my computer for you to see. Thanks!
The drawings are attached. Sorry don’t know how to insert pictures right here in this message.
Cool! This forum is wonderfully made. It showed the photos automatically. 
Dear GiftedMommy,
The first one is a 16 sided shape called a hexakaidecagon (hexadecagon).
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080122083615AASjLs8
and more here:
http://www.gazinotes.com/KS3-GCSE/AT4-Names%20of%20Shapes.htm
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/polygons.htm
http://www.purplehell.com/riddletools/polys.htm
- Ayesha
Wow, Ayesh!! I’m impressed!
Dear AlliesMom,
Hmmm - all I did was google “names of shapes” and “name of 16 sided shape” to find these links.
- Ayesha :biggrin:
Ayesha, thanks for helping me out!
Sorry if I posted my message in the other category. I am teaching my baby to read the names of the shapes that’s why I posted it there. 
Oh and should I just let my daughter call the other shape as “flower”? Should I write “flower” on the flashcard? Thanks!
Hello, everyone! I just found out that the shape I was looking for is called an “8-point star”. I found many of this shape labeled as such in different sites like here: http://moroccandesign.com/eight-point-star
Or maybe it can also be referred to as a star polygon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_polygon
I’m sure even us adults would want to know the name of this shape!
Okay, now I think I should let my daughter call this shape a star polygon because it seems easier to say than an “8-point star”. What do you think?
Yes, I think it can also be called as a hexadecagon because it really has 16 sides, but most of the hexadecagons looked like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecagon
I hope this helps!