The simple geometrical shapes that preschool children can understand are circle, triangle, square, and rectangle. These shapes are a mix of straight and curved lines which kids can learn by practicing tracing worksheets of straight and curved lines.
Tracing and coloring such shapes not only make them familiar with basic shapes but also develop their hand movement and hand-eye coordination.
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Geometrical shapes for preschoolers
- Triangle: Tracing of a triangle helps in movement of hands by turning sharply at vertices which also involves slanted lines in addition to a horizontal or a vertical line.
- Square and rectangle: Tracing of squares and rectangles, hand movement is at 90° at the vertices with a combination of vertical and horizontal lines.
- Circles and ovals: Circles and ovals are the complete continuous curves. Tracing of such shapes makes the movement of the hand in a continuous circular path.
Maths Query provides a curated set of worksheets of tracing of basic geometrical shapes such as triangle, square, rectangle, circle and oval. The printable worksheets are available below to download free of cost in the PDF formats.
