Free Printable Count the Shapes Worksheets (Shape Pictures): Level 2 (Easy-Medium)

Aims of this activity

Seeing a whole picture as separate shapes (part-whole perception)
Knowing a shape is the same even when its size or direction changes (form constancy)
Telling apart similar shapes, such as squares and rectangles (visual discrimination)
Keeping track of which shapes have been counted so none are missed (attention and visual scanning)

Your child looks at a picture made of shapes, counts how many of each shape are in it, and writes the numbers in the boxes.To do this, they need to see a house, a vehicle or an animal not as one picture but as many separate shapes.At higher levels there are more shapes and more kinds, shapes touch each other, and shapes sit inside other shapes.Levels 4 and 5 also include triangles pointing in different directions and circles inside circles.Every shape has the same proportions as the shape in the answer box; only the size changes.Your child can compare and ask, "Which ones match this shape?" The activity aims to build the ability to break a picture into shapes and to count without missing any.

Tips

Pick one kind of shape, find only that shape in the picture, and write how many in the box. Putting a check mark on each shape as you count helps avoid missing one or counting it twice.

For what to say, choosing a level and what to do if it is too hard, see Count the Shapes: a guide for grown-ups.

Choosing a level

Start with a level that seems a little easy. In Level 1 the shapes are apart, so it helps your child get used to the activity.

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Counted on their own and matched the answer

Go up one level.
Count with the eyes only, without check marks.
Time it and compare with the last time.

Counts the same shape twice, or counts touching shapes as one

Go down one level.
Color each kind of shape with a colored pencil while counting.
Ask "Where are the circles?" one kind at a time and have your child point to them.

Count the Shapes free printable worksheet, Level 2 (Easy-Medium) — From Level 3, squares and rectangles are counted separately, and shapes such as windows and doors sit inside other shapes.

Count the Shapes free printable worksheet, Level 3 (Medium) — From Level 3, squares and rectangles are counted separately, and shapes such as windows and doors sit inside other shapes.

Things you can say

Before startingWhat shapes is this picture made of?Before counting, look for the shapes in the picture together.
When unsureLet's find just the circles.One kind at a time makes missed shapes easier to notice.
Checking answersLet's compare with the colored shapes.The answer page colors each kind of shape differently.