Shape Match: 2D to 3D Shapes Worksheet

How to use this worksheet

Look at the 2D shapes on the left side of the page together and name each one. Look at the 3D shapes on the right and talk about what makes them solid rather than flat — a cube has faces, edges, and corners you can touch on every side. Have your child draw a line from each 2D shape to the 3D shape that has a matching flat face. Once finished, hold up a real 3D object if you have one and ask your child to point out its 2D-shaped face.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Go on a shape hunt around the house, finding real objects that match the 2D and 3D shapes on the worksheet.
• 2Use playdough to mold simple 3D shapes like spheres and cubes.
• 3Stack blocks of different 3D shapes and talk about which ones stack easily and which don't, and why.
• 4Trace around the flat face of a 3D object, like a cereal box, to reveal its matching 2D shape.
• 5Play an I-spy game looking for 3D shapes around the house — a ball, a book, a can.