3 activities for teaching shapes {free printables}

In all the activities I do with my kids, I try to keep the learning fun and hands-on. The same is true for teaching my kids their shapes. In this post I’m sharing three activities I have used to help XGirl and QBoy learn their shapes.

Note: For more ideas and free printables to help kids learn shapes, see my teaching shapes to kids page. 

Do-A-Dot shape sorting

I also prepared an activity for both kids that required distinguishing between shapes. I gave the kids worksheets with two shapes on them. They used our Do-A-Dot Rainbow Art Paints to paint the shapes different colors.

In the picture below, XGirl is putting red dot in the circles and purple dots in the triangles. I made worksheets with basic shapes for XGirl and more advanced shapes like pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and parallelograms for QBoy.

(See end of post to grab a copy of this free printable.)

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Wikki Stix shape tracing

A third shapes activity involved using Wikki Stix to trace the outlines of some shapes.

I had a page of basic shapes for XGirl and more advanced shapes for QBoy. However, the spatial awareness skills needed to complete this task were difficult for XGirl, so I will plan to reintroduce this activity later when she is more ready.

(See end of post to grab a copy of this free printable.)

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  Shape Sorting Worksheets

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