Learning shapes in preschool goes beyond two dimensions! I created a free printable for also introducing our youngest learners to the world of 3D shapes in preschool. We had so much fun with our 2D shape activities, that I decided to take basic preschool shapes to the next level. The 3D Shapes Free Printable Activities are a great way to introduce 3D geometric shapes with fun, engaging math games. Adding these to your lesson plans takes little more than printing, protecting, and playing in small groups or with your whole class!

Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 4 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game, Flip Book and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!


Many schools introduce 3D shape activities in kindergarten, asking students to learn to identify the basic 3D shapes. We’re just getting started with 3D shapes for Jaida, my first grader, so this is a fun set to introduce her to 6 of the solids: cone, rectangular prism, triangular prism, sphere, cube and cylinder.

The mix of picture representations and ‘real life’ solid shape pictures really helps kids see that shapes are all around them.

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Here’s a look at the different 3D shape games included:

Create-a-Sentence

Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 3 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!

I used pictures to help Jaida ‘read’ the new words. She can’t actually read them yet, but the picture helps her to recognize the shape that we have talked about and see how the letters work together to form those big words.

The interactive nature of this activity turns a free printable shapes worksheet into a hands-on activity for 3D shapes in kindergarten, preschool, or whenever your learner is ready to explore basic shapes.

3D Shapes Mix ‘n’ Match Flap Book

Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 4 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game, Flip Book and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!

Mismatch the various flaps, so that children must find the matching real life object and picture to complete the sentences in the kindergarten 3D shape activity.

Memory- matching game

Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 4 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game, Flip Book and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!

The 3 dimensional shape kindergarten activity can be used as an independent matching activity or as a concentration game for finding the pairs.

I print all of my memory games on the white side of scrapbook paper so that they are not see-through, but you can also use card stock or put a sticker on the back of each card in the 3D shape game for kindergarten.

Spin & Cover game

Free printable 3D Shape activity pack! 4 fun activities for learning about 3D shapes: Shape Spin & Cover, Memory Game, Flip Book and picture supported sentence building cards. Kids will love learning about 3D shapes with these hands-on activities!

We love spin & cover games for preschool math! To assemble, add a brad and paper clip to the center of the spinner and you’re ready to go!

Cover shapes on the 3D shapes activity for preschool with a button, pattern blocks or other place marker. Teaching shapes will truly feel effortless with a game where preschoolers learn just by playing.

More Preschool and Kindergarten Shape Fun: 2D Shape Activity Pack

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Once your child’s creativity is sparked with this fun activity, take it a step further with these engaging resources:

 My First SHAPES Padded Board BookMy First SHAPES Padded Board Book Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (A Latino Book of Concepts)Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (A Latino Book of Concepts) Tangled: A Story About ShapesTangled: A Story About Shapes Mouse ShapesMouse Shapes ShapesShapes Shape by ShapeShape by Shape Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes (MathStart 2)Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes (MathStart 2) Circle, Square, MooseCircle, Square, Moose This Is a Book of ShapesThis Is a Book of Shapes Perfect SquarePerfect Square

 

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