Shape Properties Worksheet: Identify Faces, Edges, and Vertices!

How to use this worksheet

Look at the first 3D shape together and identify a face, a flat surface, an edge, where two faces meet, and a vertex, a pointed corner, pointing to examples on the shape itself. Have your child count the faces, edges, and vertices of that shape and write each number in the boxes provided. Move to the questions asking whether the shape can roll, stack, or slide, having your child think about the shape's properties to answer. Continue through each remaining shape the same way, comparing how the properties differ between shapes like a sphere and a cube.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Eraser

Extension activities

• 1Find real 3D objects around the house, like a ball, a box, or a can, and count their faces, edges, and vertices together.
• 2Build 3D shapes using playdough and toothpicks, counting the vertices as you add each toothpick corner.
• 3Sort household objects into 'can roll,' 'can stack,' and 'can slide' categories based on their shape properties.
• 4Take photos of different 3D shapes found at home and label each with its number of faces and vertices.
• 5Compare two shapes side by side, like a cube and a cone, discussing what makes their properties different.