Coding Shapes Worksheet: Cut and Arrange Shapes!

How to use this worksheet

Have your child cut out each shape along the dotted lines, keeping the pieces loose nearby. Look at the example pattern shown in one of the boxes together and describe the shape order out loud. Ask your child to arrange the matching shapes in that same order inside the box before gluing, adjusting the layout as needed until it matches the example. Once correct, glue the shapes down and repeat with the remaining pattern boxes on the page.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue Stick
• Pencil

Extension activities

• •Extend one of the finished patterns by adding two or three more shapes in the same sequence.
• •Use building blocks to recreate a completed pattern in three dimensions.
• •Invent a brand-new shape pattern and challenge someone else in the family to copy it.
• •Combine leftover shape cutouts into a simple picture, like a robot or a house.

Tips for parents and teachers

Let your child arrange the shapes loosely before gluing so mistakes can be corrected without frustration. If the pattern order is confusing, isolate just two shapes at a time and build up the sequence gradually rather than presenting the whole pattern at once. This kind of ordered-sequence practice is a genuine, age-appropriate first step toward computational thinking, even though it looks like simple cutting and pasting.