Shapes

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.