Pentagon Fun: Shape Recognition and Craft Activity Worksheet
This worksheet combines shape recognition with a hands-on craft, having children build a pentagon out of popsicle sticks and then find and glue pentagon-shaped pictures onto an outline. For ages 3-5, physically constructing a five-sided shape makes an otherwise abstract geometric concept concrete, while the cut-and-paste portion reinforces shape recognition through visual matching.
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Month 7: Preschool Skills Through Play | Ages 4-5
This is page 28 of the pack. Ages 4-5 · Pre-KAges 4-5 · ReceptionAges 4-5 · LKGAges 4-5
Curriculum
- 2D Shapes > Shapes & Sorting
How to use this worksheet
Start by counting five popsicle sticks together and talking about how a pentagon has five straight sides. Guide your child to arrange and glue the popsicle sticks into a five-sided pentagon shape, helping steady the sticks while the glue sets if needed. Once the pentagon craft is complete, move to the worksheet page, where your child cuts out the pentagon-shaped objects from the provided sheet. Have your child glue each pentagon-shaped cutout onto the dashed pentagon outline, then decorate the popsicle stick pentagon with crayons if desired.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
- Popsicle sticks
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Search the house or yard for real objects shaped like a pentagon, such as certain signs or packaging.
- 2Count the sides and corners of the finished pentagon craft together, reinforcing the 'five sides, five corners' definition.
- 3Create pentagons out of different materials, like straws or paper strips, to compare textures and sizes.
- 4Make a pentagon collage using magazine cutouts or scrap paper shaped or cut into five-sided pieces.
- 5Compare a pentagon to a square or triangle, counting and discussing how the number of sides differs.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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