Shapes

2D Preschool Shapes Charts

Teaching shapes and need some free tools? Try our free 2D Preschool Shapes Charts! These printable shape charts make any classroom or homeschool complete. Our adorable and bright visual charts will encourage your little learner to know their basic and advanced shapes.

Need a weekly program for your preschoolers? Try our Shape of the Week Program that will teach your child 10 shapes using daily hands-on activities and games.

2D Shapes Anchor Charts

These 2D shapes anchor charts teach shapes found in everyday items at home and in the classroom. They’ll also learn new sight words, letter sounds, colors, unique objects, and more. Wondering what objects are 2D shapes? Here’s what you’ll get with all 15 of our free 2D preschool shapes chart printables. No need to worry about how to explain shapes to preschoolers with these awesome charts for young students.

Crescent
Diamond
Heart
Hexagon
Octagon
Oval
Parallelogram
Pentagon
Rhombus
Semicircle
Square
Star
Circle
Trapezoid
Triangle
Rectangle

Shapes Charts for Preschool

Crescent Shapes Chart

Teach your students these 2D crescent shapes using objects: bananas, jelly beans, necklace, moon, and pepper.

Diamond Shapes Chart

Find Diamond Shapes with your students by learning with objects: ring, baseball diamond, kite, sign, vest, and tiara.

Heart Shapes Chart

These Heart Shapes can be found at home including: strawberry, candy, apple, donut, and leaf.

Hexagon Shapes Chart

Your students will learn all about Hexagon Shapes using this chart that includes: honeycomb, ring, potholder, quilt, and jewelry.

Octagon Shapes Chart

The octagon shape can be found all around your environment including glasses, mirror, stop sign, spider web, and clock.

Oval Shapes Chart

Teach your students oval shapes using many of these objects already in your house: rug, leaf, mirror, football, watermelon, yolk, and tag.

Parallelogram Shapes Chart

Your students will learn parallelogram shapes with these well known items: eraser, kite, gift, newspaper, cabin, jewels, and fence.

Pentagon Shapes Chart

Pentagon shapes are all around us in objects like soccer ball, envelope, flower, house, jewel, badge, earrings, and house.

Rhombus Shapes Chart

The Rhombus shape can be found on many objects like a sign, kite, vest, baseball diamond, and tiara.

Semicircle Shapes Chart

Help your students identify semicircle shapes using this shape chart with an igloo, rainbow, umbrella, tent, mushroom, and cup.

Square Shapes Chart

Your children can learn all about square shapes with these items found in the classroom: sign, frame, puzzle, envelope, cheese, game board, tote and book.

Star Shapes Chart

The Star shape is everywhere in our world including a flower, shooting star, starfish, wand, and badge.

Circle Shapes Chart

Your students will learn all about circle shapes using these objects: clock, button, donut, bubbles, tire, orange, cookies, and coin.

Trapezoid Shapes Chart

The trapezoid shapes can be found in your home including a pot, lampshade, purse, watering can, and watch.

Triangle Shapes Chart

Many triangle shapes are all around us. You’ll find them in objects like sail, pizza, sign, watermelon, ruler, nacho chips, and flag.

Rectangle Shape Chart

Your students will learn to identify rectangle shapes with this free printable chart. Pictures include ruler, microwave, notebook, door, dollar, tablet, and chocolate bar.

3D Shapes Chart

Looking for classroom tools to help teach shapes? Try our free Shapes Charts! Our printable preschool shape charts are a wonderful addition to any classroom or homeschool. These vibrant and colorful visuals will just pop in your classroom and kids. Looking for our Shape of the Week Program? Check out our interactive hands-on shape preschool program today!

3D Shapes Anchor Charts

Use these 3D shapes anchor charts for teaching not only shapes, but sight words, letter sounds, colors, unique objects, and more. These are so many ideas on how you can use shape charts:

Laminate and display in your classroom or binder
Add it to an independent notebook
Use a printer to scale it down for flashcards sizes or morning board review

3D Shapes Chart

3D shapes are easy to teach with our 3 D shapes chart that includes: triangular pyramid, pentagonal pyramid, hexagonal prim, pyramid, cone, triangular prism, cuboid, hemisphere, cube, cylinder, hexagonal pyramid, and pentagonal prism.

3D Shapes Objects Chart

Teach your students the 3D shapes using these objects: balloon, cookie jar, pyramid, cereal box, cubes, cone and tent.

Triangular Prism Shapes Chart

Find Triangular Prism Shapes with your students by learning with objects: cake, tent, cheese wedge, pie, house top, home, cheese and watermelon slice.

Printable 3D Shapes Chart

Pyramid Shapes Chart

Teach your students all about pyramids using this shape chart including a pyramid, glass building, clock, building roof, electrical tower, mailbox post, and teepee.

Rectangular Prism Shapes Chart

Your students will learn all about rectangular Prisms using this shape chart that includes a juice box, cereal, popsicle, steps, purse, door, book, butter, legos, and aquarium.

Sphere Shapes Chart

Help your students identify spheres using this shape chart to include: ornaments, balloon, basketball, disco ball, orange, marbles, beach ball, door knob, crystal ball and Saturn.

Cone Shapes Chart

Your students will learn all about cone shapes using these objects: funnel, traffic cone, party hat, top, piñata, ice cream cone, witch’s hat, timer, and megaphone.

Cube Shapes Chart

Teach your students cube shapes with many of these objects in your house: blocks, sugar cube, Rubik’s cube, watermelon cube, ice cube, gift, box, die, and dresser.

Cylinder Shapes Chart

The cylinder shape can be found on many of our common household items including: battery, hat, tennis ball container, cake, marker, spray can, drum and cookie jar.

Shape-of-the-Week is a no-prep, print-&-go curriculum that covers 10 exciting shapes! With daily hands-on activities, students learn about circles, triangles, squares and more.

Fine Motor Skills with Stickers

Do you remember the excitement in your childhood years when you received a brand new pack of stickers? Or, maybe your teacher put a memorable sticker on an A+ test?!! Just think of the joy your preschooler will get when they find out today it’s fine motor skills with stickers!

Stickers are not just fun for kids — moms and teachers alike will love how they benefit their precocious preschoolers. They keep little ones busy, promote fine motor skills, concentration, creativity, and best of all — tons of fabulous fun! Here are some easy fine motor skill tasks including sticker worksheets, sticker activities, and more!

Sticker Worksheets

The challenge as preschool mothers and teachers is keeping kids busy while building new skill sets. It’s easy to find free preschool worksheets that include sticker activities — plus they’re simple, yet very effective and creative!

As busy moms and teachers, we need all the help we can get in preparing our preschoolers for the next steps in learning. That’s why these fine motor sticker worksheets are a great way to get them started!

And, I have good news! You’ll find plenty of free sticker worksheets below to help with concentration, critical thinking, fine motor, and dexterity. Let’s get started!

Sticker Mazes

Sticker Mazes are so much fun for kids — plus, they play a huge role in learning concentration and problem-solving skills. Grab your choice of stickers as your child leads each piece in the right direction.

As your little leader places each sticker in the right spot, see if he or she can create a pattern of rainbow colors. Then, ask them to find out how many stickers did it take to get to the finish line!

Looking for more free mazes to challenge your kids’ brains? Try our Brainy Maze website for a TON of FREE and motivating problem-solving resources!

Stickers on a Line

Writing a straight line with numbers is an easy way to build your kid’s math counting and practice focusing skills. Simply ask your student to add exactly 10 stickers in a straight line using the sticker resource below. Our Sticker Number worksheet allows your child to learn counting, practice concentration, and strengthen hands eye coordination.

Sticker Names and Sticker Letters

Another innovative way to utilize the versatility of stickers is by writing your student’s name. Make it large enough for stickers to line up directly on each letter. They can also use the letters in their name to guide them — encourage them to place small stickers in the right spot.

And, of course, this requires concentration and fine motor practice while reinforcing letter and name identification. See above for a great example on how to make this activity fun and effective with sticker names and sticker letters!

Sticker Patterns

Identifying patterns with preschoolers is fundamental to math concepts. It’s an important key to learning by helping children observe and make predictions. Plus, understanding patterns prepares your child for learning more complex math concepts.

Using sticker activities for encouraging patterns is another easy idea to incorporate with just a few steps. Simply grab some star stickers (or any variety of colored stickers) and show them a pattern with colors. See above Patterns with Stickers image for some helpful and creative ideas.

Sticker Shapes and Sticker Tracing

Smily face stickers are perfect for this next sticker printable — Sticker Shapes Worksheets! There are 3 shapes: circle, triangle, and square. Your student will use a color for each shape and fill it in with the right amount of stickers.

Sticker Tracing

Then, your student can grab a writing utensil (like a crayon, marker or colored pencil) to practice his pre-writing skills. Your child can start tracing each of the 3 shapes using an assortment of colors. Or, consider asking your child to trace the stickers for extra practice with fine motor skills.

Below you’ll find 2 handy free sticker shape worksheets that include 3 common shapes (circle, triangle, square) and more unique shape sizes (rhombus, rectangle, oval).

Each shape worksheet provides an exciting challenge of learning new shapes, refining their prewriting skills, building concentration, and developing hand-eye coordination.

Sticker Graphs

This is a really fun sticker printable your kids will love! It may be a bit challenging for your child but with a little guidance, it will give them a great head start. It encourages confidence, helps them identify patterns, and builds critical thinking skills.

Choose 7 different types of smaller stickers (colors or pictures). Add them to the bottom of the “graph” area. Then, randomly add those same types of stickers in the “count” section (up to 5 stickers).

Lastly, ask your child to look in the count section, and fill in each box. Try using a colored crayon that represents each sticker your student finds. Consider asking your child to draw with a different color when marking each type of sticker.

Sticker Games

This sticker game ‘Seek and Find with Stickers‘ needs a little help from moms and teachers. It’s a little like BINGO, just call out a lower case or upper case letter, and as your child finds it, they place a sticker carefully in the respective circle. Or, if you’re busy, fill up a jar or container of pre-made letters and ask your child to choose one at a time. Then, he will place the star or small sticker in the right place.

Another creative way for moms to get involved in using this preschool sticker worksheet for the game of ‘I SPY’. Simply state “I SPY with my little eye…a Big Letter A”. And, continue the process until your child is finished with a square pattern.

Sticker ABCs

You’ll certainly want to download this Sticker Letter A sheet — it’s a versatile way to gain letter-writing practice, fine motor development, and focus skills. See this wonderful sticker worksheet below! Print the entire Alphabet of Sticker Worksheets Here.

Your students will first practice writing Letter A on top of the worksheet. Then, ask them to grab circle-shaped stickers and build a Big Letter A. How many stickers does it take to make an upper case A?!!! What words also start with Letter A besides Alligator?

Peeling Stickers

Remember, peeling and re-peeling stickers require strength in fingers so continue to encourage your child if he/she tends to take them off. For ease of peeling stickers, try a protective sheet for a clean pull off.

Alternatively, there are many fantastic sets of reusable stickers and sticker mats you can purchase from you local educational supply store. A favorite of mine are these Melissa and Doug Peel & Stick Habitat Scenes. Not only are they great for small motor control, but the content is educational as well and your little one will be learning animal science while having fun!

There are so many ingenious ways to utilize stickers to their fullest potential. Don’t miss out on these wonderful opportunities! If you need stickers, buy this affordable pack of stickers on Amazon. It’s a huge assortment of stickers that is perfect for homeschool moms and classroom teachers!

Sticker Maze

Solve the maze by placing stickers along the correct path! Works great with smaller stickers and your students will be building fine motor skills along the way!

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Sticker Graph Template

Use this premade graph to make rows and columns to show you can count correctly!

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Sticker Grid Template

Like Bingo, call out a letter and see if your student can find it! Student places a sticker on each letter that you discover.

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Sticker Number Line Template

Grab some stickers and make it a counting game while your student concentrates on adding each sticker, one by one.

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More Shape Sticker Mats

Download this adorable shape sticker mat for even more shapes to add fun stickers in a rectangle, rhombus, and oval shape.

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Shape Sticker Mats

This shape sticker mat is a perfect template for adding stickers to three types of shapes using small round stickers. Find fun sticker shapes to press into squares, triangles, and circles.

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Sticker Letter Template

Your child will have tons of tun with practice writing letter A, and adding stickers, counters or stamps to fill the letter A. A is for Alligator!

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Looking for more affordable fun and fulfilling fine motor ideas? Look no more — try our Fine Motor Task Cards that contain over 165 pages of Symmetry Task Cards, ABC Bricks and Play Dough, ASL, and Popsick Stick Patterns and much much more! Click the image below for more information!

Fine Motor Skills with Pipe Cleaners

Got some pipe cleaners lying around and not sure what to do with them? We’ve got wonderful news for you! Here are some great pipe cleaner craft ideas that will not only build your child’s creative side but also strengthen their fine motor skills!

Fine Motor Activities with Pipe Cleaners

Pipe cleaners are so versatile and easy to use for toddlers and preschoolers. These fuzzy, bendable, and colorful sticks are affordable and can be used for cutting, bending, lacing, shaping, and even wrapping! I’m going to show you a ton of pipe cleaner activities that complement any craft, present, or holiday!

Ideas for Strengthening Fine Motor Skills

If you’ve lived in the preschool world for any length of time, you’ve heard the buzz word ‘fine motor‘. Young children are still developing the small muscles in their hands and fingers. If they strengthen or practice those fine motor movements, it will help them build pre-writing skills faster. And, there are so many tools to use, including pipe cleaners, like pom poms, scissors, and more!

Lacing Beads on Pipe Cleaners for Perfect Presents

This fine motor activity not only develops hands dexterity, but it’s also a really easy way to show patterns, create beautiful art, and a perfect presentation for loved ones.

Not only can you use pipe cleaners to make bracelets and necklaces, try a cutting exercise by asking your toddler to cut straws in several pieces.

Cut an example of a 1-inch size straw piece for modeling.
Using caution, ask your child to cut several pieces of straw using a multitude of colors. All straw pieces should fit almost the entire length of a pipe cleaner, about 6 1-inch pieces.
After cut straws are complete, string straws on the pipe cleaner. Or, in other words, add each straw piece until about a 1/2 – 1 inch on each side is left.
Secure the straws with decorative and colorful beads between each straw.
Fasten the pipe cleaner ends together to form a bracelet or necklace.

Colorful Hands-On Activities with Pipe Cleaners

This is a great hands-on fine motor activity for building small muscle strength, counting exercise, and identifying color patterns.

Layout several colors of pipe cleaners.
Grab a pile of a small, colorful array of clothespins and ask your child to match the colors.
Then, find out if they can count all of the clothespins on each pipe cleaner!

Bending Pipe Cleaners to make shapes for Building Flexibility

Here is an innovative fine motor idea for teaching more unique shapes like octagons and hexagons.

Grab some pipe cleaners and those extra cut straws.
Show your child the fun shapes they can make and count each side for extra practice! It’s easy peasy and so much fun to do with the kids!
Or, draw several types of shapes on paper and ask your preschooler to mimic the shape with pipe cleaners!

Show your student how a ruler helps make a straight line. Then, grab a marker and begin drawing shapes like squares, rectangles, and more!
Now it’s time for your preschooler to make their own shapes with pipe cleaners of any color!

What about some creative ideas for unique shapes with many sides? Try making some rainbow color bracelets with leftover cut straws. Your child will love parading around with their crafted and creative jewelry!

Wrapping Pipe Cleaners around Objects for Dexterity

Pencils not only help with writing, but they’re also a great tool for creating unique shapes and curly pipe cleaners! Wrap Pipe cleaners around any object, including writing utensils! Try more than one color while you’re at it! They can keep it on for extra support from slipping or pull it off for a curly pull toy!

Develop Fine Motor using Play Dough and Pipe Cleaners

What kiddo doesn’t love playdough? It’s squishy, soft, and super flexible. And, you can add it to the repertoire of your pipe cleaner palette! As your student cuts pieces of pipe cleaner, grab some extra playdough for play dough poke! Note that some child safety scissors will not be strong enough to cut through a pipe-cleaner. It takes quite a bit of strength to cut through the wire, so when planning this activity with younger children, plan on doing the cutting beforehand.

Just roll up some balls with your playdough and make some unique crafts, whether it looks like an alien, animal or an arachnid! It’s their choice — get those creative juices flowing.

There are so many fine motor skill ideas using pipe cleaners — just start with some of these innovative, inspiring ideas and I guarantee your child will discover even more!

Check out our handy and helpful fine motor task cards below, designed just for precious little hands!

Shape Mazes for Preschoolers

Mazes are fantastic resources for students to build key logic skills. We’ve paired this fun pastime with another preschool skill…shape recognition. Learning to identify different shapes is an important skill during the preschool years, and these free preschool mazes will be a fun and engaging activity to work into your preschool rotations.

Printable Mazes for Preschoolers

Each of the 12 shape mazes focuses on a single shape that students need to follow around the page. Students color in the correct shapes as they go, which will create a path from the Mama Pig (Sow) to the Baby Pig (Piglet.) With this fun piggy theme, these mazes are great for use during your Farm Preschool lessons as well.

Free Preschool Mazes

Students look at each pig to determine the shape they need to find. There are 12 different activity pages covering the following shapes:

Circle
Square
Triangle
Rectangle
Oval
Diamond
Heart
Star
Crescent
Octagon
Pentagon
Hexagon

Simple Mazes for Preschoolers

Circle Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the circles.

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Triangle Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the triangles.

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Square Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the squares.

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Star Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the Stars.

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Heart Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the hearts.

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Crescent Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the crescents.

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Diamond Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the diamonds.

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Oval Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the ovals.

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Octogon Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the octogons.

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Rectangle Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the rectangles.

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Pentagon Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the pentagons.

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Hexagon Shape Maze Worksheet

This is a free printable shape maze for students to work their way through by finding all of the hexagons.

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Shape of the Week Program

Shape-of-the-Week is a no-prep, print-&-go curriculum that covers 10 exciting shapes! With daily hands-on activities, students learn about circles, triangles, squares and more. Scheduled over a 4-day week, this set coordinates perfectly with our Letter of the Week and our Learn to Read Curriculum.

Pumpkin Shape Tracing

Shape Tracing Worksheets:

With these amazing, cute and educational Pumpkin Tracing Sheets your preschool students will learn how to trace various shapes. Students will learn the names of each shape and how to draw each one of the 10 included shapes. These tracing worksheets are great for building preschool math skills.

Shape Tracing Worksheets:

This collection of free shape tracing worksheets includes 10 popular shapes:

Diamond Tracing Worksheet
Rectangle Tracing Worksheet
Square Tracing Worksheet
Circle Tracing Worksheet
Star Tracing Worksheet
Oval Tracing Worksheet
Triangle Tracing Worksheet
Heart Tracing Worksheet
Hexagon Tracing Worksheet
Octagon Tracing Worksheet

With this many different worksheets, you can assemble them together to make a shape tracing booklet for students to take home. We’ve even included a handy cover page below if you want to make take-home booklets for children to practice with! (HINT: Look at the pumpkin leaves, they are the same shape as the pumpkin! How cute is that?) Actually, you could pair this set with our Pumpkin Patch Shape Coloring Worksheet for a great unit!

Dry Erase Game Mat

Students need LOTS of practice tracing! Not only will it build fine motor skills, but it will build the confidence they need to begin handwriting in the coming year. Rather then reprinting the tracing pages over and over, you can save paper by using a dry erase mat or a page protector! That way your preschoolers can use the trace sheets over and over again! For extra practice have students practice writing the shape word as well.

Shape Activities for Preschoolers

If you are looking to add a little hands-on elements to your shapes lessons, try providing students with pipe-cleaners! Show them how to bend them to form the shape to match the shape mat. For younger students you can even make a variety of the shapes ahead of time and have them match the correct shape or sizes.

Hands-On Shape Activities:

If you don’t have pipe-cleaners on hand, you could even use a bit of string. Just pre-cut the yarn to fit around the shape mats. Students will use their small motor muscles to wrap the string into the correct shape. This is a great way to build multiple skills with the same worksheet.

Pumpkin Tracing Worksheets:

There are many different ways to use the Pumpkin Trace Sheets. You can trace the shapes with a marker, yarn, pipe cleaners, or just your finger. No assembly is needed just print and go!

Tracing Pumpkin Shapes Booklet Cover

Create a take home tracing book for your students with this printable booklet cover page.

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Diamond Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a diamond. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Rectangle Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a rectangle. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Square Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a square. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Circle Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a circle. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Star Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a star. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Oval Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a oval. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Triangle Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a triangle. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Heart Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a heart. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Hexagon Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a hexagon. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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Octagon Tracing Worksheet

This free shape worksheet helps students learn to trace and draw a octagon. Students can also practice writing the word below.

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The 10 Best Shape Books for Preschool

When children are in their formative preschool years, books are so important for building critical learning skills. While tracing and practicing shapes are necessary for growth, reading about shapes is also key to preschool readiness! That’s why we put together the 10 best shape books for preschoolers!

My Very First Book of Shapes

This Eric Carle classic book about shapes is a perfect for preschoolers so don’t let the title fool you. It not only teaching shapes like round and square, it also includes a interactive game! The book’s format is a split page board book for some matching fun!

Round is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes

If you want your child to see the significant shapes around them, Round is a Tortilla is the book for you! From watermelon to quesadillas, your preschooler will begin to see the world differently. With color illustrations, rhyming text, and valuable glossary, you can’t go wrong with purchasing this gem!

Shape By Shape

Got a kid who loves dinosaurs? This shapes book for preschool is a wonderful edition to your vast dinosaur collection! This vibrantly colored title introduces the basic shapes like square, circle, triangle, crescent, semicircle, oval, and diamond. You’ll find die cut shapes in sturdy hardstock pages and at the end, a trifold surprise of the entire dinosaur!

The Shape Song Swingalong (Book and CD)

This highly rated audio and video CD and visual book will get your preschooler excited about shapes! Preschoolers love catchy songs and teachers love their learning components! Whether you have a special needs child or preschooler, your kids will enjoy the tunes of The Shape Song Swingalong while reading the visually stimulating pages.

Walter’s Wonderful Web: A First Book About Shapes

This captivating story is about an adorable spider trying to build his web but the wind keeps blowing it down! Find out how this endearing spider rebuilds his sticky trap by using shapes! Walter’s Wonderful Web is a wonderful keepsake book your preschooler will want to read over and over again!

Brown Rabbit’s Shapes

This Brown Rabbit’s Shapes is part of the Little Rabbit series. It is SO effective for developing the minds of our preschoolers! The illustrations are so delightful and will make you and your child smile! Give your child to opportunity to make new discoveries and practice counting along with these inquisitive characters.

Mouse Shapes

Speaking of adorable characters, you’ll love this story from Mouse Shapes of three little mice and a sneaky cat while learning shapes like oval, circles, and triangles. And, you’ll get in some practice counting as well! It’s a keepsake and favorite in classrooms everywhere!

When a Line Bends … a Shape Begins

Similar to an “I spy” type of book, this charming tale When a Line Ends combines art and math in an easy way for preschoolers to understand. It gets the kids exploring about the shapes in our world. Using practical items to teach unique shapes, this book deserves a safe place on your bookshelf!

My Shapes Book

These shape character cuties in My Shapes Book teach the basic shapes, yet, give your student a fun educational way of 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. In addition, they’ll learn new vocabulary including crescent, croissant, and semicircle. The illustrations are unique and adorable and keep your child’s interest easily. This is an excellent basic shape book for preschoolers.

The Greedy Triangle

This popular classroom book The Greedy Triangle teaches shapes and math concepts (geometry) in simple, yet, fun and fantastic way for preschoolers! They can even make a craft with toothpicks and eat their creation at the end of the book. If you are looking for hands on activities using shapes, try this story — it will keep your kids intrigued with new shapes!

There are so many possibilities with these 10 best shape books for preschoolers! They’re engaging, great for homeschool or classroom use, and even will encourage your child to discover more shapes in their surrounding environment!

Need some fresh ideas with shape crafts for preschoolers? Try these wonderful hands on shape activities you and your preschooler will treasure!

Shape Crafts For Preschoolers

Shapes worksheets are brilliant teaching tools for your preschoolers to build from the basics. Tracing, coloring, and cutting shapes helps them identify geometric shapes, practice fine motor skills, and even develop concentration skills. Plus, having handy shape crafts for preschoolers will generate so much fun and learning! Learning shapes can be an important skill to cover in Preschool.

Once students have a grasp on the basic shapes, you can introduce them to the idea of shapes-in-shapes! Explain, that sometimes we can find shapes hidden inside other shapes, depending on the way we cut them apart. For example, cutting a triangle horizontally creates a smaller triangle and a trapezoid. (See Shapes Activity Below)

Our FREE Cut & Paste Shape Worksheets can be used to show shape qualities and to create new picture. Now, before we get to our adorable crafts, let’s talk about the many other benefits to teaching shapes for preschoolers. Did you know that it helps children build an understanding of two-dimensional structures? In addition, they’ll easily recognize the different features of common shapes and develop problem-solving skills! In other words, recognizing and manipulating shapes is a very important skill to have!

Shape Crafts for Preschoolers: Instructions

First, you’ll want to grab these on-hand supplies:

Cardstock Paper (variety of colors including white)
Markers
Scissors
Printer
Glue (stick or bottle)

Next, download your FREE shape craft worksheets listed below and print each type of shape worksheet. (HINT: Try a different colored paper for each shape). Take time to look at each shape and the shapes found inside the shape. Help children identify any shapes they have difficulty naming. Then, instruct children to cut out all of the shapes according to the instructions. Don’t forget to cut out the drawing in the top right-hand corner as a helper for each activity! This helper is intended to inspire children of things they can make with the individual shapes. They don’t have to make these specific pictures.

Now let’s get to some creative ideas for your preschooler. Below are some fun designs your child get put together with just a little help using these templates!

House Shape Craft Activity using Trapezoids

Let’s begin with this creative triangle shape worksheet. Simply cut out the shape according to instructions at the top of your printable. Then, position it on white cardstock paper.

Ask your preschooler (using the picture shown), to organize the shape based on the image. Once he/she has the shape in the appropriate place, it’s now time for the glue!

Next, you can help your preschooler draw the rest of the house using rectangle shapes in different sizes! Don’t forget to use the picture as a comparision model!

Dog Craft Activity using Shapes Sheet

It’s amazing what you can create with shapes — especially Triangles! Would you ever suspect you could create a dog with three sided triangles and a square? It’s certainly possible using this template and image as a guide. Just add body, bow, and any other features your innovative child imagines.

Ice Cream Cone Craft Activity using Shapes Printable

Yum — ice cream cones are delicious and fun to make using this awesome shape worksheet! Just follow the instructions on the free shapes printable and you’ll have a beautiful stack of ice cream scoops in no time. And, don’t be surprised if their creations look so good that you’re heading to ice cream shop as a reward!

Popcorn Craft Design using Shapes Worksheet

Got plans to see a movie with the kids? My kids love watching movies together as a family. Why not try this simple craft with your little ones by using shapes to create a popcorn bucket! All that’s needed is a triangle, trapezoid, and a little imagination!

Free Shapes in Shapes Printable Activities:

It’s absolutely amazing how shapes for preschoolers work perfectly for versatility. And, they prepare them for the next level – writing and drawing in a more orderly fashion! Grab your free printable shapes worksheets today below that include a HUGE variety of shapes. All your child needs to do is add their special mind magic!

Gift Square Shapes Printable

Create a gift box using simple squares in this free cut and paste printable!

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Pizza Rhombus Shapes Sheet

Practice fine motor skills and a unique shape with this easy pizza rhombus shapes sheet!

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Kite Triangles Shapes Printable

Build your own kite with just 4 triangles -- add some string and bows for extra appeal.

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Bus Square Shape Cutting Sheet

Create a fun bus by simply using this square shape worksheet -- add some wheels, color, and even more shapes!

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Trapezoid Shape Cutting Worksheet

Teach your child the shape of a trapezoid and build fine motor skills with cutting and pasting this fun dog craft activity!!

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Hexagon and Triangle Ice Cream Cone Shapes Activity

Ice Cream is so good, and so is this fun craft using hexagon and triangle shapes to form a triple scoop ice cream cone!

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Square and Triangle Volcano Shapes Sheet

It may look like a square, but your preschoolers can make a volcano but cutting out the square into triangles!

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Pentagon Shapes House Activity

Build a house with a pentagon shape by following these easy instructions and using a little imagination!

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House Triangle and Trapezoid Shapes Worksheet

Turn a trapezoid into a triangle forming a roof of a house using this versatile worksheet.

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Stars Pentagons and Triangles Shape Tree Printable

Find a pentagon embedded in a star surrounded by triangles in this fun tree activity!

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Trapezoid Shapes and Pizza Activity

Make a pizza by cutting out triangles in this Trapezoid shapes activity.

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Pentagon Shapes Worksheet for Pyramids

Build a pyramid or sky's the limit with this pentagon shape containing 3 sided triangles.

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Octagon Shapes Printable

Imagine all of the creations you can make with this octagon shapes printable! It's a wonderful craft activity for your preschooler!

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Hexagon Shapes Sheet

A hexagon has gems hidden inside using this hexagon shapes sheet! Cut along the dotted lines to make a butterfly soar in the air!

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Parallelogram Shapes Worksheet

Teach your kids this unique shape by using this parallelogram shapes worksheet! Create a unicorn with a horn!

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Lamp Hexagon Shapes Worksheet

Use this versatile hexagon shapes worksheet to make a lamp that turns on your own child's light bulb of creativity!

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Popcorn Pentagon Shapes Sheet

Yum -- let's make a popcorn tub with this fun pentagon cut and paste craft activity!

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Pinwheel Octagon Shape Worksheet

Grab this Octagon shape worksheet to teach your kids how to create their own pinwheel with a variety of colors!

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Square Shape Sheet for Sailing

Sail away with your new sailboat using this downloadable square shape sheet!

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Octagon Shapes Printable

Design your own pizza pie or slices using this fun octagon shape printable. Add some pepperoni, peppers or olives for a tasty treat!

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Shape Tracing Worksheets

Shape tracing worksheets are a wonderful, hands-on tool for multiple ages. Teachers and homeschool moms can use traceable sheets for preschoolers, but they are also handy for toddlers and even kindergartners. Plus, with these convenient digital formats, it’s easy to store on your device and print when ready which saves space for your classroom.

If you are looking for a simple, low-prep program to teach your student about shapes, be sure to check out this video of our Shape of the Week Curriculum.

Why Tracing is Important

There are so many benefits to tracing for young kids. These practical printables for shapes like triangles, octagons, hexagons, circles and more can help develop fine motor skills, build drawing abilities, and prepare your child for the next step: writing!

In addition, pre-writing skills are essential for many reasons. It builds small muscle strength which helps your child hold a pencil easily. Plus, practicing the tracing of shapes encompasses pencil strokes that cover most letters and numbers strokes.

When to Begin Tracing

Even at the young age of two, your child can start practicing straight lines and possibility curves. As they turn three, try giving them worksheets to practice more difficult shapes. And, as they master their shapes, they can move onto letters and numbers!

Reusable Tracing Printables

Also, if you’d like to save on paper, try making erasable tracing sheets. It’s actually very simple to do. Get a laminator and laminate the shape tracing worksheets. Find some whiteboard markers for your child so they can easily erase their ‘masterpieces’ over and over again!

These free printable shapes worksheets are so versatile — you can even use them to practice small motor cutting skills using safe scissors. Or, they can try coloring the shapes and cut them out to glue onto construction paper for display! The possibilities are endless when it comes to creativity with your precious preschoolers!

Free Tracing Worksheets: Shapes

Now let’s get to the fun part. These free and adorable shape sheets are easy to print and kids won’t even notice they are learning! You’ll find practically every shape including circles, diamonds, squares, ovals, rectangles, octagons, hexagons, pentagons, trapezoids, and triangles. Choose all or some, it’s what works for you best, my friends!

Shape Tracing Circle Worksheet

It's so much fun to teach kids how to write using this valuable Shape Tracing Circle Worksheet!

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Shape Tracing Diamond Worksheet

Teaching writing and tracing skills couldn't be easier using this fun and engaging Shape Tracing Diamond Worksheet!

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Shape Tracing Hexagon Worksheet

Use this wonderful tool 6 sided Shape Tracing Hexagon Worksheet to teach your child fine motor skills!

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Shape Tracing Octagon Worksheet

Make learning fun with your preschoolers while teaching fine motor skills using this 'stop sign' octagon shape style sheets!

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Shape Tracing Oval Worksheet

Teaching toddlers and preschoolers how to write is super easy with this traceable and cutting tool Oval Worksheet printable.

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Shape Tracing Pentagon Worksheet

Your young student will learn and grow practicing their tracing and writing skills with this wonderful Shape Trace Pentagon downloadable file!

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Shape Tracing Rectangle Worksheet

Using reusable printables are perfect for teaching pertinent skills like tracing and writing -- try this fun printable for tracing the Rectangle shape with your young ones!

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Shape Tracing Square Worksheet

Download this fun and versatile square sheet for extra fine motor skills practice! Your students can work on tracing and even cutting all at the same time!

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Shape Tracing Trapezoid Worksheet

Grab this Trapezoid Tracing Worksheet you can print for your young students to practice tracing and writing skills!

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Shape Tracing Triangle Worksheet

This Shape Trace Triangle worksheet is perfect for teaching how to draw the three sided Triangle using the tracing method!

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Need more shape based activities? Try these wonderful and low-prep resources included in our Shape of the Week program.

Preschool Themes for May: Mothers Day, Flowers, and More

Don’t you just love the month of May?!! The warm weather, beautiful flowers, and fresh leaves bursting from the trees bring us such joy and delight. It’s also a wonderful time to celebrate moms, budding plants, and yes, even creepy crawlies! Our May Preschool Themes are ready for you to get started on all that this season brings! These learning activities will be a great fit for your preschool classroom.

May Fine Motor Skills Activity Pack

We know how busy you are, moms and teachers! That’s why we want to deliver to you this awesome, fun-filled activity pack for May! It’s simple to use, virtually no prep time, and a ton of engaging, hands-on learning. Theses 60+ thematic educational sheets are perfect for your classroom or homeschool!

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas DIY

Mother’s Day is a time to reflect on how special moms are to us. They are busy, loving ladies who deserve a few keepsakes to display in their kitchen! The good news is, it doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming!

There are so many free and frugal ideas to create the perfect gift for moms including art projects for balloon bouquets, keepsake booklet,cut and paste activity and more!

If you’d like a nice variety you can quickly print, don’t miss out on these Mother’s Day printables like keepsakes, awards, coloring pages, and more! Or, a Mother’s Day bookmarks printable is an easy coloring activity with four unique designs!

All of these Mother’s Day activities and crafts are a great way for your children to show they care and to give back. With just a little guidance and their imagination, you’ll have a forever gift to cherish in very little time!

Flowers Activities for Preschool

May is the perfect time to incorporate flowers into the classroom. As the saying goes “April showers bring May flowers”! Let’s get together some creative ideas to get our preschoolers involved in more ‘flower power’.

This wonderful variety of free shape printables will get the kids buzzing with delight! They’ll practice visual discrimination skills with these free shape worksheets. Plus, color matching is a wonderful tool to teach kids how to use keys as guides.

In addition, these free flower games give your preschooler more practice on their ABCs (upper and lower case), geometry shapes, science activities, and much more!

Learning about Gardening for Preschoolers

As you prep your lush garden, don’t miss out on the opportunity to teach gardening preschool style! Children can experience the joy of keeping care of plants from seed to bloom. You’ll love these free garden craft ideas that include plant label markers, bird feeders, and decorated pots!

Preschool Bug Crafts

What child isn’t fascinated with bugs and creepy crawlies? These free bug activity pages contain coloring and fun facts along with some room to deliver their own thoughts! If you are looking for fantastic science units for family sharing, check out these free preschool bug worksheets!

Memorial Day Activities for Preschoolers

Any holiday that comes around each year gives teachers and homeschool moms an opportunity that they don’t want to miss. But, busy days gives us little time to prepare. That’s why we prepared these especially for you — free and simple to assemble!

Try these Memorial Day activities to help your preschool remember why we remember our fallen soldiers and living heroes. for your preschoolers that include coloring pages, Bible verse cards, crafts and resources for your homeschool, co-op or Children’s Ministry. Don’t miss these fun and memorable Memorial Day crafts preschool style!

Need more ideas? For just a few dollars, get these 60 thematic, hands-on activities to build fine motor control skills for Spring! You can use them over and over again, just slip them into a protective sheet!

Got May learning centers? These printable worksheets and activities are wonderful for extra practice, take-home resources, or for tutoring resources!