Whether you live in the city, the suburbs, or out on the farm, shapes are everywhere in the world around us. Presented with an illustration of a farm, youngsters are tasked with coloring in all of the triangles, rectangles, squares, and circles that they can find, demonstrating ability to identify geometric shapes.

Concepts

2-d shapes, coloring shapes, geometric shapes, shapes, shapes recognition, rectangles, squares, circles, triangles

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use this exercise as an assessment of children's ability to identify basic shapes
• Offer this worksheet as a learning center activity during a primary grade unit on shapes
• Extend the activity by having children trace templates of different shapes in order to create their own original pictures

Classroom Considerations

• If black and white copies are made of this worksheet, younger children will need support with reading which color to make each shape

Pros

• Easy-to-follow instructions are supported with visual examples of each type of shape students must find
• Image is clearly printed with multiple examples of each shape for children to find
• Worksheet offers an enrichment activity idea that extends student learning about shapes

Cons

• None

Common Core

K.G.A.1 K.G.A.2 MP7