Coding Shapes Worksheet for Preschoolers: Cut and Paste Patterns

How to use this worksheet

Have your child cut out each shape piece along the dotted lines, sorting them into a small pile as they go. Look at the pattern shown in each box on the worksheet together and describe the order aloud, like 'circle, square, circle, square.' Let your child select the matching shapes and arrange them in that same order inside the empty box before gluing anything down. Once the arrangement matches the example, glue each shape into place and move on to the next pattern box.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue Stick
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Build a longer shape pattern using blocks or shape tiles and challenge your child to continue it.
• 2Create a new pattern using only two shape types and ask a sibling or friend to copy it.
• 3Sort the leftover shape cutouts by type — circles, squares, triangles — into separate piles.
• 4Use the finished patterns to build a simple picture, like a house made from squares and triangles.