I Spy Triangles Worksheet: Find and Color!

How to use this worksheet

Before starting, ask your child to describe what makes a triangle a triangle — three sides, three corners. Have them scan the picture carefully, pointing to each triangle they spot. Once a triangle is found, have your child color it in, working through the whole picture until every triangle has been found and colored. Count the total number of triangles together at the end.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Go on a triangle hunt around the house, spotting triangular shapes in roof lines, sandwich halves, or a slice of pizza.
• 2Use toothpicks or straws to build several triangles of different sizes.
• 3Draw a simple picture using only triangles, like a fish, a tree, or a mountain range.
• 4Compare a triangle to a square or circle and talk about what makes each one different.
• 5Fold a square piece of paper in half diagonally to reveal a triangle, and talk about the fold line.