Shape Counting Fun: Color and Count the Shapes Worksheet
Children ages 3-5 practice recognizing common shapes by sight, then apply early counting skills by tallying how many of each shape appear in the picture. Combining shape identification with counting strengthens both geometric awareness and number sense at the same time.
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Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6
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Curriculum
- 2D Shapes > Shapes & Sorting
How to use this worksheet
Look at the picture together and name each shape you see — circles, squares, triangles, and so on. Have your child color each shape, using a different color for each shape type if they'd like. Once the coloring is done, ask them to count how many of each shape appear on the page and write that number in the box provided next to each shape.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Send your child on a shape hunt around the house, counting how many circles, squares, and triangles they can find.
- 2Build shapes out of craft sticks or straws and count how many sides each one has.
- 3Make a shape collage using cut-out construction paper shapes glued onto a large sheet.
- 4Use blocks or shape tiles to build a small structure and count how many of each shape you used.
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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