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Shapes and Sides! Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity

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Learning to recognize shapes is a fundamental early childhood education concept.

As children grow, however, we don’t just want them to know shapes by their general appearance. We want to teach them how to differentiate shapes by counting their sides and vertices (corners).

In fact, this is a required standard for kindergartners.

To make learning this concept easier, even for distance learning, I’m sharing a simple Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity!

Digital 2D Geometric Shape Sorting Activity

This is such an easy activity for early geometry lessons!

Read on to find out how to get your copy and to see the lesson in action! And, for digital math ideas, take a look at my digital Ladybug Number Word Puzzles!

Use this digital geometric shape sorting activity to help early learners practice counting sides and vertices!

2D Geometric Digital Shape Sides Sorting Activity

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2D Geometric Digital Shape Sorting Activity for Kindergarten

This product includes three digital shape sorting activity pages, which feature nine different 2D geometric shapes.

Each of the pages has a chart with a blank “shape” column.

Students will need to examine the three shapes on each page and then count the sides and vertices (corners).

Digital 2D Geometric Shape Sorting Activity for Early Learners

Then they drag and drop the correct shape onto the matching row with the corresponding number of sides and vertices.

This activity can be used with an Apple Pencil, if students are working on iPads, or just by using their fingers to drag and drop the shapes on any tablet!

Watch the video below to get a look at this product in action!

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To get your copy of this Shapes and Sides! Geometric Shape Sorting Activity, click the image or the link below to get it from my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

Digital Geometric Shape Sorting Activity for Kids

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Snail Shapes! Shape Tracing Worksheets

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Do you ever see snails in your neighborhood?

Every now and then, the kids and I spot a few, especially after a heavy rain. Whenever we come across an abandoned shell, it’s always a newsworthy event in our family.

Snails are so fascinating for young children, particularly if they get to watch them as they move soooo slowly.

And that’s why I thought snails would be a fun theme for these shape tracing worksheets!

Fun Snail Shape Tracing Worksheets

This early grades geometry activity is an excellent way to learn about a variety of 2D geometric shapes!

Read on to see how to get your copy of these shape tracing printables.

And, for more fun with simple geometry, take a look at our Shape Sorting Activity Mats!

This printable snail themed geometry activity is a fun way to teach early learners a variety of 2D geometric shapes!

Snail Shapes! Shape Tracing Worksheets

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Snail Themed Shape Tracing Worksheets

This product includes tracing printables for 11 different 2D geometric shapes.

Snail Tracing Shapes Worksheets

Simple shapes such as triangles, squares, and rectangles are included.

Printable Snail Themed Tracing Shapes Activity

As well as shapes with more vertices, such as stars, hexagons, and octagons.

Each shape tracing page includes the name of the shape (with a corresponding shape snail shell) and tracing shapes for students to draw over.

Snail Tracing Shapes Worksheets for Kids

If you want to use these at centers, laminate the pages and hand out dry erase crayons to trace with.

You could also put them on a ring and place them in morning tubs.

Snail Shape Tracing Printables for Kids

A black and white version is included, so you if you need to save ink, you can.

Or add a pop of color by printing them on AstroBright paper!

Scroll down to get your copy of these Snail Shape Tracing Worksheets!

Try these other ideas for teaching kids about shapes!

Make up this quick and easy shape car craft with the kids! Great for math and art in one simple activity!
Pick up the print or digital version of this ice cream shape sorting activity for students to use in or at home!
Teach early learners to recognize shapes all around them with this preschool shape sorting activity! Great for reusing at centers or in morning tubs!

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Printable Snail Themed Shape Tracing Worksheets

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Free Printable Flashcards: Polygons

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Pooh and I were working on his math lessons using Khan Academy the other day and he ran into a little trouble when it was time to learn polygons.

He’s six, after all.

For our free printable flashcards series this week, I thought I’d whip up a set of Free Printable Flashcards: Polygons!

This set includes the eight simple polygons, which makes it easier for little ones to get an introduction to geometry.

Using Printable Polygon Flashcards

These free printable polygon flashcards are awesome for introducing preschoolers and kindergartners to basic shapes.

But since they include more complex shapes as well, they’re a good review for elementary students too!

If you enjoy using these with your students, check out some of our other math printables, including Amusement Park Addition Flashcards and our Aquarium Arithmetic Printable Pack!

Review basic geometric shapes with these printable polygon flashcards!

What’s In the Free Printable Flashcards: Polygons Set?

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Polygon Flashcards for Kids

The word “polygon” actually means multi-sided shape.

So any shape with “many” sides counts as one. In this set, though, we’re focusing on shapes with three to ten sides.

Free Printable Polygon Flashcards

In the set, you’ll find flashcards for all eight simple polygons:

  • Triangle (3-sided shape)
  • Rectangle (4-sided shape)
  • Pentagon (5-sided shape)
  • Hexagon (6-sided shape)
  • Heptagon (7-sided shape)
  • Octagon (8-sided shape)
  • Nonagon (9-sided shape)
  • And Decagon (10-sided shape)
Free Printable Polygon Flashcards for Kids

There’s a set of all eight with words and without for quizzes or playing a game of concentration. Take a few minutes to quiz the kids with the unlabeled cards!

Or have them count the sides of each shape and guess which it is!

Printable Polygons Flashcards

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Resources for Teaching Kids about Polygons:

For more great polygon resources, try these books and activities!

  1. Polygons Galore! by The College of William and Mary
  2. If You Were a Polygon by Marcie Aboff
  3. Learning Resources Power Polygons
  4. Shape Up! by David A. Adler

Polygon Activities for Kids:

Make learning about geometry into a hands-on lesson with these fun polygon activities!

  1. Popsicle Polygons – Every Star is Different
  2. Making Shapes – Kid Activities Blog
  3. Tangram Images – The Mad House

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These free printable polygon flashcards are awesome for teaching basic geometry to kids!

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