Shapes Flashcards | Printable Shape Cards for Preschool and Pre-K | 71 Pages

Shapes flashcards for preschool and kindergarten

These shapes flashcards are a packet of 71 card pages, with four cards on each page and 284 cards in all. Every card shows one big colored shape, and most print the shape name on the card.

The set is made for preschool and kindergarten children who are learning to name basic shapes, and for teachers and parents who want a long run of cards for math centers. Each shape comes back many times in new colors and patterns, so children see circle, square, triangle and rectangle again and again.

Teachers who want kindergarten shapes flashcards for a math center can print the pages for one week at a time. Parents who prefer flashcards with shapes they can cut and keep in a small box can print a page or two at the table. Since each page changes color and pattern, a child who knows the circle on one page sees it again in a new look on the next.

What’s on the pages

Each page has a heading such as Shapes, Shapes for Kids, Shape Flashcards or Fun Shape Flashcards!, and a grid of four cards in two rows. The cards have plain, colored, dotted or scalloped borders, and stars, hearts, rainbows and clouds decorate the edges.

• Basic shapes: circle, square, triangle and rectangle.
• Other shapes: oval, star, heart, diamond and pentagon.
• Odd shapes: a trapezoid, a rounded rectangle and a pink blob on a few pages.
• Patterns: the shapes are filled with stripes, dots, waves, stars or flowers.

A few cards show shapes with a smiling face, and a few pages print the name in lowercase, capitals or a mix. Some cards carry spelling slips, such as circl or trangle, so look through the preview pages before you print.

What’s in the download

The shapes flashcards pdf has 73 pages in total.

• Name page: 1 page with lines for name, class and date
• Shape cards: 71 pages with four cards each
• Thank you page: 1 page

Everything comes as PDF, so you can print one page for a small group or the whole set. The shapes are already on the cards, so there is nothing to draw by hand, and the large pictures are easy to see from across a table. Because the cards are large, small groups can sit around one page and take turns naming the shapes.

How to use shapes flashcards

Print the pages you want and cut the cards apart along their edges. Hold up one card, say the shape name and let the child repeat it. Then ask the child to find something in the room with the same shape.

A few ways to use the cards:

• Lay out four cards and ask the child to touch the shape you name.
• Sort the cards into piles by shape and count each pile.
• Play a memory game with two printed copies of the same page.
• Go on a shape hunt around the classroom or the house with a card in hand.
• Use a single page as a warm-up at the start of math time.

Shapes flashcards work best in short rounds. Start with the four basic shapes that most children know already, add oval, star and heart, and bring older cards back for review. A parent can pull a single page out in the car or at the table for two minutes of practice. Children often enjoy naming a shape they spot on the way, like a round clock or a square window.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see the card styles.

You can find more shape practice in the math worksheets category and more cards in the flashcards category. The whole shop has more early learning pages.

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