Shape Sorting Fun: Cut and Paste Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Look at the two shape headings on the page together — circle and oval — and talk about how they are similar but different, since an oval is a stretched circle. Have your child cut out each object picture from the bottom of the page using child-safe scissors. For each object, ask 'is this shaped more like a circle or an oval?' before applying glue and pasting it under the matching heading. Once finished, review both columns and name each object and its shape together.

Materials needed

• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Go on a shape hunt around the house.
• 2Draw your own objects and have your child identify their shapes.
• 3Use playdough to create different shapes.
• 4Trace circular and oval household objects, like a cup and a spoon, onto paper.
• 5Sort a pile of buttons or coins by whether they are perfectly round or oval-shaped.