Shapes

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!

Shapes Worksheets for Preschool

Learning to identify shapes and patterns is an important skill you’ll want your preschooler to have! Not only will it pave the way for important math concepts down the road, but it will help build strong visual discrimination skills students can use across all subjects.

Shape Worksheets

Preschool students will likely already have a good understanding of basic shapes, just from exploring the world around them. Many children’s learning toys incorporate shape identification as a target skill. However, there are quite a few obscure shapes that your preschool students might not be familiar with.

Shape worksheets are a simple way to help your child get a grasp for these new and different shapes…while reviewing the ones they do know and building confidence in the process.

Preschool Shapes

This shape identification worksheet covers the following shapes:

circle
square
triangle
oval
diamond
star
hexagon
heart
rectangle
trapezoid

Color By Shape:

The premise of the activity page is that students will color each shape flower according to the chart at the top. For young students, who cannot yet read their color words, you might pre-color the shape chart to make an easy reference for them.

Once completed, students will have an entire “garden” of Spring Shape Flowers. These sheets are great for take home preschool activities or for early finishers.

Color by Shape Worksheet:

Color By Shape Worksheet

Students Color by Shape to reveal a garden of Spring flowers. Covers 10 different colors and shapes.

Shape Bingo

BINGO is a game every child LOVES to play! But that doesn’t mean that it can’t be educational as well! We’ve paired the best of both worlds with our educational bingo games! Bingo is a game is based compleely on luck, making it fair for even the youngest of children.

When you use themeatic BINGO boards, such as our free Shape Bingo printables, you’ll not only be having fun in your classroom, but you’ll be help students learn to identify shapes and their names.

These free bingo printables print two boards to a sheet. If you want them to last longer in your classroom, laminate them before cutting the boards apart. That way you’ll add stregenth and durability to them, which will come in handy when your children are asking to play again and again.

These boards does contain some duplicate shapes, so there is some strategy involved in the game play. You’ll want to be sure to come alongside your younger students and show them opportunities to make a good play when they have multiple locations they can cover.

There are three pages in total with two boards on each sheet, giving you 6 bingo boards. So, print what you will need for your classroom, understanding that any number over 6 might result in multiple winners (depending on the strategy involved).

2 D Shape Bingo Game:

Free Butterfly Template Ideas for your Preschooler

Butterflies are amazing creatures – they seamlessly float in the air with their beauty and delicate features. It’s no wonder that kids love to watch and mimic their every move! That’s why we created this free butterfly template for preschool and younger.

Need some quick ideas using our butterfly template printable? We’ve got some easy, intermediate, and advanced ideas for your young ones! Your kids will love their new drawing skills while you enjoy igniting their imaginations.

Butterfly Template Ideas

This free butterfly template is designed for preschool, pre-K and even Kindergarten. It will give your students a lot of wiggle room for creativity. There are so many facets to a butterfly unit study- activities, crafts, games, book lists and more! Yet, you’ll be amazed at how a simple butterfly template will get their creative juices flowing!

Butterfly Tracing

This easy butterfly template outline will help your child visually and tactically learn how to draw a butterfly. For young children, a simple way to teach the art of drawing is tracing — a butterfly outline is a perfect start!

Preschoolers can use crayons, colored pencils or washable markers. It’s a simple method, yet it will teach them how to draw a butterfly shape independently. In no time, your child will be able to draw a butterfly using freehand.

As they finish the first trace, the next layer can begin with another color. Pretty soon, your student will have a beautifully arranged rainbow colored butterfly shape!

Butterfly Craft: Dab & Dot Activity

Have you heard of daubers or dab and dot markers? If not, your preschooler is in for a real treat! These handy dabbers are shaped like markers, but fairly larger with a sponge like tip. They were created for little fingers with less mess and are non-toxic.

With just the dab of the dauber, your child can create a wonderful array of color. Try using symmetrical patterns straight, or zig zag patterns. The possibilities are endless! Grab some dot markers and let your kid have a ton of fun using the butterfly template!

Butterfly Preschool Activity: Pom-Pom Symmetry

Need to continue building pattern symmetry skills with your preschooler or toddler? Pick up some PomPoms and a dab of glue for this creative craft! The free and versatile butterfly template is a wonderful skill builder using a bit of guidance.

Using the image above, instruct your child to add the same colors evenly on each side. For example, add pompoms in a diagonal row on both sides of the butterfly’s wings.

In the middle of the butterfly outline, choose another complimentary color. Next, begin gluing vertically. They choose the colors, you lead them in the right direction! This would be a great time to introduce vertical and horizontal lines.

Butterfly Symmetry Art and Lesson

This easy and beautiful butterfly craft also teaches symmetry. You may wonder — why is symmetry so important when teaching preschoolers?

While children have a build in sense of symmetry and balance, these type of activities develop them even further! Their ability to recognize patterns strengthens along with their observation skills.

The basic subjects like math, reading and art is covered in these type of lessons. It not only develops the essential elements, it gives them more confidence and motivation! Don’t be surprised if they’re ready for the next butterfly activity!

Now that we’ve discussed these incredible skill builders, let’s get back to our subject – an engaging butterfly craft!

As you begin, don’t forget to print out several copies for your student or child. They will not stop at one after seeing his/her gorgeous creation!

Next, grab 3 or 4 colors of washable paint. Let your child choose his or her favorite paint jars. Then, carefully fold the butterfly template in half.

Make sure to guide your child dropping just a few spots on only one side. Be careful not to make the drops too big! Also, be careful to stay in the lines as much as possible.

Now gently close the butterfly up. In just a few seconds, viola, a gorgeous, colorful butterfly appears! After drying, don’t forget to show off your child’s masterpiece on the frig. Better yet, grab a frame from the store or shelf and display it on the wall.

Or, better yet, give it as a gift. There are so many family, friends, and relatives who would cherish this masterpiece. In fact, Grandma would love bragging rights for this beauty!

With just 4 simple ideas using a free butterfly template, it’s astounding at what your child can create!

If you’d like to explore even more ideas, check out my Butterfly Preschool Printables for preschoolers.

These Butterfly Preschool Resources are a wonderful supplement to your thematic unit. Don’t miss out on these valuable butterfly activities including life cycles, sequencing cards, coloring pages, and more!

Pattern Block Pictures

Pattern blocks have been a huge blessing to my homeschool classroom. Not only are they inexpensive and easy to store, but they are a versatile math manipulative for low-prep learning stations. Students can use pattern block templates to make pictures, patterns, reflections and even mandalas.

**Pattern Block Mega Activity Pack**
Over 700 pages of resources at your fingertips with this amazing Pattern Block Activity Pack. This set includes 230+ unique picture designs with 3 levels of difficulty each.

If you are unfamiliar with pattern blocks, basically they are a set of plastic learning manipulatives that come in 6 different shapes: hexagon, trapezoid, square, triangle, parallelogram and rhombus, each with a different color.

Free Pattern Block Activities:

We have a fun set of Pattern block pictures you can use with your students. This specific set is more than just a matching mat. Students will need two dice, a pencil, and a variety of pattern blocks.

To start, students roll two dice. They add the value of the dice to get the sum. Then, students find the same number on the pattern block template and place the appropriate shape to cover the space.

This repeats untill the entire pattern block picture is filled with shapes. Students then count how many of each shape they needed for the activity and report those numbers in the blanks provided.

This can easily be adapted to a two or more player game by having the person who places the final block as the winner. This is a simple game for children of all ages to play as it is based completely on luck and not skill.