SHAPES and COLORS Printables & Activities
Shapes and colors are all around us. Don’t fret if your kid doesn’t seem interested in learning the shapes and colors. I remember (years ago) taking one of my sons to the eye doctor because we assumed he was color-blind. Guess what? He wasn’t and isn’t! We were comparing him to his older sibling and assuming that he should have mastered his colors by then. That was one lesson we learned early on… don’t compare your children. One will excel at math, while the other is reading way above grade level. Another will tinker and build while the other draws beautiful masterpieces. God gives us all different gifts and it’s our job to cultivate theirs. Make use of our free Shapes and Colors Printables & Activities to teach yours.
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Shapes and Colors Printables & Activities
Simple Color Posters
It is easy to introduce color and color words to your early learner. Just write the color word on a white sheet of computer paper in the color that is written. Encourage your child to write in a myriad of the same color using a variety of writing instruments including crayons, markers, colored pencils, and pens. The cool thing about this method is the ability for your child to see all of the different shades of blue as opposed to just one.
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Create Shape People
Kids always have fun creating shape people. Even though worksheets have their place in learning, creative art projects at this age are particularly important. Encourage your student to name their shape people. I love this activity too because it is one my 2-year-old, 4-year-old, and 6-year-old can participate in. We sometimes add yarn, pom poms, pasta, buttons, etc. Have fun with it. It is one of my kids favorites amongst our collection of Shapes and Colors Printables & Activities.
Shapes and Colors Flashcards
2D Shapes Slideshow as Flashcards
The 2D Shapes slideshow is virtual flashcards. It features all of the major 2D shapes highlighting the number of sides each shape has. This is a practical teaching tool to use as a daily review or to test your child’s mastery.
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2D Shapes Printable Flashcards
Create your own printable 2D shapes flashcards! These flashcards are just the thing when teaching your student the name of the most common types of shapes. To help students learn the shapes, the number of sides is clearly stated on the flashcards. To download your own set, check out our FREE Printable Shapes Flashcards!
Colors Slideshow as Flashcards
This Colors slideshow is simple and to the point. Each slide features a color and color word. This is an excellent introduction to color and color words. My younger students always loved to click through this slideshow naming each of the colors. Excellent practice!
Colors Printable Flashcards
These Printable Colors Flashcards are ideal for any classroom or homeschool. They are a breeze to make and easy to carry in your purse or car. This way you can practice colors and color words with your preschooler anywhere! Download our FREE Printable Colors Flashcards here!
Check out our FREE Shapes Printables here! There are several printable packs that are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarten students. Download some or all of them!
Shapes and Colors Slideshows
Do You Know Your Shapes? Slideshow
This slideshow will test your child’s knowledge of basic shapes. A great tool to use with preschoolers and kindergarten students. This could be used with an entire class or with your own child.
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What 2D Shape is it? Slideshow
This slideshow tests your child’s knowledge of 2D shapes. There is one shape featured on each slide. The child is asked, “What is this shape called?” There are three shape words to choose from. When you click to the next slide, the answer is revealed. This is also helpful if trying to review shape words with your student. This would make an excellent quiz.
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Colors & Shapes
This slideshow is one that my kids really enjoyed when they were early preschool age. It reviews shapes with them while they are tested on colors. They can point to the answer and then they can see the answer revealed. This is a a simple, yet effective tool!
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Shapes and Colors Emergent Readers
The Shape Book Slideshow & Reader
Emergent readers are effective and just the thing when teaching young learners. The Shape Book will help your student to recognize shapes, colors, and sight words! This emergent reader features the sight words, this, is, a, an, and the shapes and colors words. This slideshow can be used at home or on the road. Online slideshows are convenient and versatile teaching tools. They are easy to use with one student or a large class on an overhead. To print as a booklet, I suggest printing 2 sheets to one page. Once printed, cut the sheets in half, sort them, and then staple them into a booklet. This handheld booklet is perfect for any young learner!
Shapes and Colors Activity Reader
Preschoolers love emergent readers that also serve as activity books. Each page features a color, shape, and sight words, look, at, and the. Repetitive sentence structure helps young readers decipher new words and builds confident readers. For example, “Look at the blue rectangle.” After reading each sentence, encourage your student to color the shape using a corresponding crayon. This reader is one of our most ideal Shapes and Colors Printables since it incorporates shapes and colors at once!
To make your booklet, print the PDF, cut sheets in half on the dotted line, and then sort, and staple.
HOW MANY SHAPES ARE THERE? READER
2D shapes are featured in this simple reader. Black and white images make for easy and inexpensive printing. The sentence structure is repetitive yet is effective at introducing the main 2D shapes to students. The numbers are dotted so that students can trace the numbers and color their booklet.
REAL-WORLD 2D SHAPES CUT & PASTE SHEET
Our Real-World Shapes printable is a cut-and-paste hands-on activity sheet. Students will cut out the real-world pictures on the third sheet so that they can match and glue them to the correct shape on the other sheets. Simple but effective activity. To read more about how we use this activity sheet, visit our Real-World 2D Shapes Activity!
Colors Emergent Reader
Use this FREE preschool resource as a reader and activity book. Each page features an animal that can be colored to match the sentence. For example, “I see a red bird.” Your child can color the bird red to match the sentence. The sentences provide repetition for the sight words, I, see, and a.
First, print the PDF and then cut the sheets in half on the dotted line. Next, you will assemble the book. Put the title page in the front with the remaining pages behind (no particular order). To complete, staple in the top left-hand corner. Now, you have your own Colors Emergent Reader! *To see our large collection of emergent reader, check them out here!
WE ARE THE SHAPES READER
This 13-page easy reader is an excellent introduction to the basics of 2D shapes. All the graphics are in black and white. This allows for students to color or doodle in their books while reviewing reading and the shapes.
BIRD COLORS EMERGENT READER
This emergent reader features the sight words: do, you, see, the, and the color words. This reader helps to review sight words while allowing your child to color each of the birds on each page. Fun for anytime. This activity is working on reading skills, sight words, color recognition, and fine motor skills.
Create your own handheld book by printing 2 pages to 1 sheet. Cut the sheets in half and then after sorting the pages, staple!
FLOWER COLORS EMERGENT READER SLIDESHOW
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And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deuteronomy 11:19
