This Identifying the Name of Shapes Worksheet helps 2nd graders choose the correct name for each 2D shape, from circles to hexagons. Answer key included—a quick, no-prep geometry practice for home or class.
Using the Shapes Song, students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition. The Shapes Song by Have Fun Teaching is a song that teaches the shapes. Shapes have names their made of angles and lines, there are flat shapes and solid shapes we see them all the…
Using the Square Song (MP3), students learn all about squares, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Using the Circle Song, students will learn all about circles. A circle is a shape that goes around and around. It's like a pizza, and a cookie, a ring, and a coin. A circle is a shape that goes around and around. In this song, your kids will also draw…
This Identifying Shapes Worksheet asks 2nd graders to name eight figures from a word bank, then explain a six-sided shape. Answer key included, making it a quick no-prep geometry review.
This triangle cut outs activity has children sort 12 shape cards and cut out big triangles. Made for Preschool to 2nd Grade, with an answer key included for quick checking.
These shapes word wall flash cards give PreK to 2nd grade children eleven flat shapes with bold names, plus a count-the-sides practice page and answer key included.
Using the Shape Songs (MP3 Album), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This 3 Dimensional Shapes Worksheet has 2nd Grade students match six solid figures to their names and name three everyday objects. An answer key is included, so practice is quick to check.
These 3D shapes word wall flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade students name six solid figures, with word wall cards, fold-over flash cards and a practice page. Answer key included.
In this seaside symmetry activity, 2nd to 5th grade students find the line of symmetry in sea pictures and sort them as symmetrical or asymmetrical, with an answer key included.
This making new shapes activity helps K to 2nd grade students build and name composite shapes with cut-out pieces and self-check cards, answer key included.
Using the Shape Song (MP3), students learn all about shapes, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
Children sort shape cards into flat shapes and solid figures in this 2d 3d flat shapes solid figures activity for kindergarten to 2nd grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using the Triangle Song (MP3), students learn all about triangles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
A drawing shapes by the rules worksheet where 2nd graders read an attribute clue, draw the matching shape, name it, and count its sides and corners. Answer key included for fast, no-prep geometry practice.
This making shapes from shapes activity helps K through 2nd grade students build bigger shapes from triangles, rhombuses, trapezoids and squares. Answer key included.
Using the Circle Song (MP3), students learn all about circles, including Shape Names and Shape Recognition through a catchy song!
This matching shape attributes worksheet has 2nd graders match five shapes to the rules they follow, then count sides and corners. An answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.
This drawing shapes by attributes worksheet asks 2nd graders to draw a shape from its clues, then name cones, cubes and spheres by their faces. Answer key included for fast, no-prep geometry practice.
Count the sides, name the shape!
Second graders become shape detectives. Instead of just naming a shape by how it looks, they count its sides and corners: a shape with 5 sides is a pentagon, and one with 6 is a hexagon. They draw shapes from clues like "4 sides, 4 square corners," and spot faces on solid shapes like cubes. They also split rectangles into rows and columns of equal squares and cut circles into halves, thirds and fourths. The click comes when a kid realizes a tilted square is still a square!
Shapes are everywhere, so we teach them with hands, eyes and ears. These are our go-to moves.
Give a riddle: "I have 3 sides and 3 corners. Draw me!" Kids sketch on whiteboards, then hold them up. Next, have partners write their own clue cards. Drawing from attributes makes kids look past the picture to the rules.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withDrawing Shapes By Attributes WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Play a shape song during transitions and have kids draw the shape in the air as they sing. Movement plus music helps the names and side counts stick for good.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withShapes SongSongsOpen it →Post solid shape cards next to real objects: a ball for a sphere, a can for a cylinder, a box for a cube. Kids add their own finds all week. Seeing the shape in real life beats a flat drawing every time.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it with3D Shapes Word WallFlash CardsOpen it →Geometry is made for games. Here are some kid favorites.
ActivitiesFinish the other half of beach pictures so both sides match. A calm, fun center that sharpens shape eyes.
Open Seaside Symmetry Activity →
ActivitiesPut two triangles together and what do you get? Kids combine pieces to make brand new shapes.
Open Making New Shapes Activity →
ActivitiesCut out triangles and see how many different pictures kids can make with them. Rocket ships are a favorite!
Open Triangle Cut Outs →Teacher favorites right now: Identifying the Name of Shapes Worksheet, Shapes Song and Square Song (MP3).
Second graders should know triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes. They name them by counting sides and corners, not just by how they look.
An attribute is a feature that defines a shape, like the number of sides, corners or faces. Color and size are not attributes, because a red triangle and a big triangle are both still triangles.
Go on a shape hunt around the house. Count the sides on a window, find a cylinder in the pantry, and fold a sandwich into halves or fourths. Kids learn fastest when shapes come from their own world.
Yes! They split circles and rectangles into equal halves, thirds and fourths. It's an early peek at fractions that builds a strong base for 3rd grade.
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