Shape Monster Cut & Paste Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Look at each shape monster on the page and count its sides together out loud before cutting anything. Cut out the paper teeth provided along the dotted lines. For each monster, count the number of sides on its shape body, then glue that same number of teeth onto its mouth. Repeat for every monster on the page, checking the side count again if the number of teeth doesn't match.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Count the sides of real objects around the house, like a book (rectangle) or a clock (circle, zero straight sides).
• 2Draw your own shape monster with a chosen number of sides and decide how many teeth it needs.
• 3Play a shape scavenger hunt, finding one triangle, one square, and one circle somewhere in the house.
• 4Use toothpicks or straws to build shapes and count the sides as you place each one.
• 5Make a shape-sorting game by cutting different shapes from paper and grouping them by number of sides.