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FREE Printable Shapes for Kids Worksheets

August 30, 2021
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by Beth Gorden

Help kids learn shape names and practice drawing 13 different shapes with these Shape Worksheets. These free printable shapes worksheets  are handy for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print these shapes worksheets and have fun learning to trace and write the following shapes: star, oval, rectangle, triangle, square, circle, pentagon, trapezoid, heart, diamond, octagon, crescent, and hexagon.

Help kids learn shape names and practice drawing 13 different shapes with these Shape Worksheets. These free printable shapes worksheets  are handy for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print these shapes worksheets and have fun learning to trace and write the following shapes: star, oval, rectangle, triangle, square, circle, pentagon, trapezoid, heart, diamond, octagon, crescent, and hexagon.

Free printable shapes worksheets

Kids will love practicing drawing shapes of different size and writing shape word with these free printable shapes worksheets. Use these printable shapes worksheets as a standard worksheets or with other materials such as lego, stickers, playdough, do a dot markers, etc for a fun, hands-on math shape activity. These shape worksheets are perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students. The shapes worksheets include the following shapes: stars, ovals, rectangles, triangles, squares, circles, pentagons, trapezoids, hearts, diamonds, octagons, crescents, and hexagons.

Printable shapes worksheets

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> ____ <<. The shape printables pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

shapes worksheets

Shape worksheets

These shape worksheets require NO PREP, just print and give to your child.
Help kids learn shape names and practice drawing 13 different shapes with these Shape Worksheets. These free printable shapes worksheets  are handy for preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print these shapes worksheets and have fun learning to trace and write the following shapes: star, oval, rectangle, triangle, square, circle, pentagon, trapezoid, heart, diamond, octagon, crescent, and hexagon.

Shapes Worksheets

Depending on your child’s age, interests, and skill at using a pencil you can complete these using:
shapes worksheets preschool

Shapes for kids worksheet

The simplest way to use these preschool worksheets is to trace the shape and color the shapes.

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Shapes worksheets preschool

Students can also learn the shape names by tracing the shape word on each page in these free shape printables.
shapes for kids worksheet

Preschool shapes worksheets

Children can use dot markers, bingo markers, and do a dot markers to decorate the big and small shapes on each page.

shape worksheets preschool

Shape worksheets preschool

Students can also use these as shape templates with playdough to use hand muscles to create shapes of all sizes.

preschool shapes worksheets

Free shapes worksheets

Turn these worksheets into a fun, hands-on shape activity by using snacks! Use whatever you have on hand like cheerios, fruit loops, goldfish, skittles and m and m to improve pincer grasp while making shapes.

 

free shapes worksheets

Shape Activities for Preschool

Help kids work on spacial awareness and begin understanding some geometry skills by using math manipulatives such as lego bricks, blocks, puzzle pieces, etc to fill the shapes. Show kids how the area of each shape varies by size and the bigger shapes have a larger area for adding things while the smaller shapes can fit less.

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Learning shapes worksheets

Extension Idea:
Help kids learn to follow directions, practice identifying colors, and looking at the size of the shapes by giving directions like color the largest square blue. Color the smallest circle yellow. This is a great way to use these as shapes worksheets for kindergarten. 

Spider shapes activity for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners Free-Shapes-Bingo Super cute monster themed shape playdough mats for toddler, preschool, and kindergarten age kids Here is a great hands-on learning activity for kids to do at home, for busy bags, or in the car during a family road trip. These pattern block printables contain twenty different shape puzzle cards which kids will love. These shapes pattern worksheets are a fun math shape activity for kids from preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd graders too. Simply print pdf file with shape patterns printables and grab your shape blocks to make cool pictures out of shape picture templates.

Shape Worksheets

Looking for more fun shape printables and ways to help kids learn about shapes? You will love these free shape printables:

  If your kids are learning their shapes  you’ll love this free shape printable which is an engaging shape matching activity! This shape match is perfect for toddler, preschoolers, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders who are working on shapes and their names. Students will match shapes and shape words while having fun spinning the shape wheel!  Simply print pdf file with shape matching game and you are ready to teach shapes to kids! FREE Shape Playdough Mats are a fun way for hands on learning about shapes for kids. Each shape printable has real life shapes, space to build a shape out of playdough, and trace the shape name. These adorable shape buddies are a fun way to help early learners work on shape recognition while having fun! This shape craft for preschoolers allows toddler, preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten age kids work on shape matching. They will also work on color recognition at the same time as they complete this shape craft activity. So grab some constrution paper, googly eyes, scissors, and you are ready to try this preschool shape activities and crafts!

Shape Activity for Preschoolers

FREE Alphabet Playdough Mats - these free printable alphabet printables are SO CLEVER! Use playdough to form alphabet letters and then complete the picture with playdough or by coloring for a fun activity to not only learn the alphabet, but to strengthen fine motor skills to for toddler, preschool, prek, kindergarten, and first grade.  playdough shape activities for preschoolers Make working on number sense FUN for kids with these super cute, gumball number playdough mats. These free printable playdough mats include practice counting  gumballs, adding gumballs to the ten frame, seeing various ways of representing that number, a place to make the numeral out of play doh, and a line to trace numbers 1-10. These number mats are outrageously fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders. Simply print pdf file with tracing numbers printables and you are ready to play and learn! Instruments Free Playdough Mats

Free Playdough Mats

Looking for more fun, free printable playdough mats? You will love these:

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Learn shape names and practice drawing 13 shapes with FREE Printble Shape Worksheets with preschool & kindergarten students.

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Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com

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  • Making these types of activities from scratch is just not my thing. Thank you for making these great resources available!! They are colorful and engaging. I work with people who have a range of skill levels and many really enjoy this type of work.

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