Shape Tracing Printables

Make learning shapes fun with these free printable Shape Tracing Printables for toddler, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten age students. These can be used with dry erase markers or playdough.

Learning about shapes are always fun for young children especially if the learning involves hands-on activities like these shape tracing mats! Simply trace the shape or make it even more fun by using play dough to create the shape!

Shapes are all around us and young children become aware of it without formal learning. Help them connect the shape name to the shape picture with these fun tracing mats. There are 12 shape tracing mats for you to work on: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, star, heart, pentagon, octagon, hexagon, half circle, oval and diamond.

Shape Tracing Printables

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> Download <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie. Now print our FREE shape mats and laminate (or use a dry-erase pocket) to protect the printables and make it re-usable. Cut the mats to individual cards. Provide dry erase markers or play dough / Play-Doh. Whether you are a parent, teacher, homeschooler, or daycare provider you will love these handy, LOW PREP shape printable to make learning fun for toddlers, preschoolers, prek, and kindergartners. Use these as extra practice, summer learning, math centers, seat work, or any other supplemental activity you can think of.

Shape Printables

Simply pick a shape card and decide if you want to trace it with the marker or use play dough OR both.  You can buy playdough or use one of our favorite recipes like our Ice Cream Edible Playdough, Amazing Kool Aid Playdough Recipe, or our simple 2 ingredient playdough. You can even use other small manipulatives to “trace” the shape eg. mini erasers, stickers, or buttons. Some children would prefer using play dough over writing with a utensil, which is still developing those fine motor skills believe it or not! When manipulating play dough, the fine muscles in the fingers and hands get a workout too!

Shape Mat

Roll the play dough into a long snake, then “trace” the shape with the dough. This might be tricky at first, but, practice makes perfect! Encourage the child to also trace the name of the shape with a marker and “reading” the name while doing so. Each one of the free shape mats has a small smiling shape at the top, the shape name to trace, and a large shape to trace at the bottom.  The playdough shape mat is mostly black and white to save on printing with a simple blue border around the shape card. Shape tracing mats are versatile and can easily be used by a number of children with different abilities to learn about shapes in a fun way! Pop these shape tracing mats into a bag with markers/play dough and you have a busy bag ready to go!

   

Shape Activities

Looking for more shape worksheets and activities to make learning about shapes fun? Try these clever resources and ideas:

• Shape Game
• Do a Dot Printables Shape Worksheets
• Spider Shape Mats
• Super Cute Preschool Shape Worksheets
• Pumpkin Matching Shape Game
• Flower Shape Craft for Kids
• Ice Cream Shape Playdough mats

• 2D and 3D Shape Puzzles
• Penguins Sorting Shape Activity
• Monster Shape mats
• Printable Shape Worksheets
• Shape Themed Worksheets
• Cut and Paste Shape Printable
• Fall Shapes Emergent Reader
• Shapes Printable Book
• Shapes Bingo
• 50 Epic Shape Crafts and Activities

 

Free Shape Tracing Printables

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