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Shapes activity: How many ways can you make a shape?

May 23, 2014 by Katie 6 Comments

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We’ve been playing with shapes quite a bit in recent weeks. I’ve been giving my kids all sorts of different and playful shapes activities to help them engage, explore, and build with shapes. In this post I’m sharing a free shapes printable and accompanying shapes activity we did to look at all the different ways to make a shape.

Note: For more ideas to help kids learn their shapes, see my Teaching Shapes to Kids page.

How many ways to make a shape - a free printable to get kids practicing lots of ways to combine shapes in order to learn basic geometry skills #handsonlearning #freeprintables || Gift of Curiosity

For this activity created three printable worksheets for use with pattern blocks. We own and use the wooden pattern blocks from Learning Resources.

That being said, other pattern blocks would work as well, so long as the dimensions are the same. I believe there are multiple sets out there with similar dimensions, including sets from Melissa & Doug, School Smart, and these plastic ones from Learning Resources.

I created three different worksheets: one each for squares, triangles, and hexagons.

How Many Ways to Make a Shape collage

The idea is for kids to use the pattern blocks to fill in the shapes in as many different ways as possible.

Because squares are the only shape with right angles in the pattern block set, the squares worksheet is the most basic. Kids simply use one or more squares to create three squares of different sizes.

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On the triangle worksheet, kids can get more creative. In fact, I was extremely impressed with QBoy’s creativity in using a variety of shapes to create triangles of different sizes.

How many ways to make a shape 2

The hexagon worksheet includes six different hexagons, all of the same size. QBoy came up with several different ideas for filling in the hexagons.

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More shapes posts from Gift of Curiosity:

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For more ideas and free printables to help kids learn shapes, see my Teaching Shapes to Kids page and my Learning Shapes Pinterest Board. 

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6 Comments

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  1. Talia says

    May 23, 2014 at 8:01 am

    What a great idea! Thank you!

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  2. Anastasia @Montessori Nature says

    May 26, 2014 at 6:24 am

    So much fun!! Loved it! thank you for sharing at Kids Learning Printables! I happily shared it on FB and pinned 🙂

    Reply
  3. Renae says

    May 30, 2014 at 2:49 am

    My daughter would love this! Thank you so much for sharing at the Kids Learning Printables Linky Party.

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  4. stephanie says

    May 31, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    My students just love working with these pattern blocks! Thanks for sharing at After School!

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  5. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    June 1, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    Great printable! Thanks for sharing at After School Link Up!

    Reply
  6. Berkys says

    May 16, 2015 at 2:49 pm

    Thank you! My Scholars will enjoy this! I am so grateful that you are sharing. Saves me much time. I wish you peace.

    Reply

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