Free 2D Shape Tracing Card Printables
I love having matching printables. I love the large shape tracing pages and to match that we have the smaller free shape tracing cards!
These cards are handy for smaller hands that are learning about shapes. You have twelve fun shapes for kids to trace.
You can make a set of cards for each student or reuse them in learning centers. There is not just one way to use the cards. You can use these cards with kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten.
The 2D Shape Tracing Card Printables are a great addition to the shape printables on the site.
The 2D Shape Tracing Cards are a part of my subscriber library. You can click here to subscribe to get access to the page. You will find the printable in the shape section on the subscriber freebie page.
What Is A Shape?
It is a geometric shape like a circle, square, heart, or rectangle. These are just some of the 2D shapes.
2D Shape Tracing Card Printables
I love these shape tracing cards because you have two options to use for tracing 2D shapes. Each type of card has all twelve shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, rhombus, star, heart, crescent, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon.
These shape cards are great for fine motor practice with kids. They let kids trace the shapes and see the shapes. They are great for kids in preschool (ages 3 to 4), prek 9ages 4 to 5), and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).
2D Shape Tracing Cards with Just Shapes
The first type of card is just a set of shapes to trace. There are 6 cards per page. I have printed ours on color cardstock
2D Shape Tracing Cards with Kids Holding Shapes
The second type of card has a kid holding the shape and then the shape to trace. This gives you a way to look at the shape and with the tracing. I printed ours on cardstock
Things to use with the Shape Tracing Cards
These are all the items we have used to prepare and used with the tracing cards.
- printer
- white cardstock
- color cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- dry erase markers
- 1 inch ring
- hole punch
- scissors
- playdough
- mini erasers (We get most of ours from Target.)
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Shape Tracing Cards
You will see different ways to use the shape tracing cards.
Preparing the Shape Tracing Cards
The shape tracing cards work great if they are printed on cardstock and then laminated.
You can put the cards on a ring to help the cards stay together. Of you want put the shapes you are working on the rings.
Trace the Shape Laxing Cards with Dry Erase Markers
The easy way to re-use these cards with when they are laminated and use a dry erase markers on them. Kids can trace them over and over. We also put all these cards on rings to help keep them together easier.
Clean of the Shape Tracing With Cotton Swabs
Plus after they get through tracing they can use a q-tip and eraser the marker so they can do it again. Two types of fine motor work at the same time.
Fill in the Shape with Playdough
One fun way to use these cards is to fill the shape in with playdough. You can fill in the whole center of the shape.
Fill in the Shape with Mini Erasers
You can also use erasers to fill in the shape. We had fun with the space ones with the crescent shape. You can use any type of erasers you can find. Any small item would also work great for this.
Outline the Shape with Playdough
You can switch back to the tracing part and outline the shape with playdough
Outline the Shape with Small Items
You can use a mix of erasers to outline the shape. I love these pencils for the straight lines.
You can use any themed eraser during the season to outline the shape. It is great for fine motor work.
Print the Page and Just Color
Don’t forget you can leave these for kids to trace and color and then cut out and make their own shape flipbook! Super simple and fun to do!
What you will find in the Free Shape Tracing Card Printables
- 12 shapes: circles, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, rhombus, star, heart, crescent, pentagon, hexagon and octagon.
- Trace shape only 6 per page
- Trace Shape with kids holding shapes 4 per page
- 5 pages of printables
Check out these Shape Printables for Kids
Large Shape Tracing Pages has a single shape on each page for kids to trace. These also work great as playdough mats.
Romping & Roaring Shape Pack is a HUGE set of shape printable that you can work on one shape at a time. Each shape pack has 40 pages for kids to learn with that shape it has a mix of hands-on and no-prep activities. PLUS there is a fun Color pack that is an extra that has 82 pages!
Shape Playdough Mats have several shapes and fun way to build the shapes with playdough.
Trace, Color, & Draw Shapes has tracing the shape, color the shapes and draw the shape to help kids learn their shapes.
Shape Dot Marker Printables has 12 shapes for kids to dot and learn. It has the shape to do and each page has the shape name.
Shape Coloring Pages has kids holding the shapes with tracing and coloring for the shape name and geometric shape.
Check out all the fun Shape Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
