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Shapes in everyday objects clip cards

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Today I’m sharing a fun freebie that will help your child see shapes in everyday objects.

shapes in everyday objects clip cards

My four-year-old was in a sour mood this morning. I suspect it’s because it was the first day of school for his older siblings, and he had to adjust to three fewer playmates and a quieter house.

Normally he asks for “projects,” but when I told him I had some activities for him this morning he was adamantly against it.

“NO. I don’t want to do them. I don’t like those. They look boring.“

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I had a feeling that he’d change his tune, however, so I insisted. He can identify basic shapes quite well, so I created these clip cards to help him find shapes in everyday objects. Before I pulled out the first card, I called his attention to shapes in our kitchen.

“What shape is our microwave? What about the clock above the sink? What shape are these tiles on the floor?” He easily identified the shapes as a rectangle, triangle, and square.

Next, we shuffled the clip cards. He identified the shape at the top of each card before finding an everyday object beneath it which contained the same shape.

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The tougher shapes definitely challenged him, but he did a great job counting their sides and finding an object with the same shape.

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He spotted the trapezoid right away with this one!

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Before long, he’d gone through a bigstack of cards.

Oh, and midway through the activity he commented, “I actually like doing this.”  đꙂ

We hope your learners enjoy it too!

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29 Comments

  1. Elyse Rittle

    March 4, 2024 at 12:43 pm

    This is just the kind of shape resource I’ve been looking for to use with my preschool class at the non-profit I work for.
    I do wish the hexagon and octagon were different colors to make it a little easier to differentiate those two shapes, but at the same time, it will also make my students slow down and count the number of sides instead of just relying on spotting the different colors. Thanks for making this a free resource!

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    • Heather Groth, Customer Support

      March 6, 2024 at 8:46 am

      We’re so glad it will work for you, Elyse! You’re right, sometimes that extra challenge that makes them slow down a bit can help solidify it even more!

      Reply to this comment
  2. maman happycultrice

    September 10, 2019 at 1:16 pm

    thank you for these amazing cards !

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  3. kathleen petrey

    July 29, 2019 at 10:30 am

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE GREAT CLIP CARDS!

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  4. Wenya

    May 7, 2018 at 3:14 am

    Hi, this looks fun! May i ask at what age did your child started this?

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    • Anna G

      May 7, 2018 at 5:29 am

      He was 4 1/2.

      Reply to this comment
  5. Roberta Miller

    March 18, 2018 at 10:01 am

    Thank you for this activity.

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    • Anna G

      March 23, 2018 at 7:26 am

      You’re very welcome, Roberta!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Nelvina

    February 16, 2018 at 6:04 am

    Fabulous!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      February 17, 2018 at 7:17 am

      Thank you, Nelvina!

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  7. Jennifer

    January 22, 2018 at 10:42 pm

    Thank you, thank you! I absolutely love everything you create. I have bookmarked your page because I find myself constantly coming back for more. Thank you for sharing. 🙂

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    • Anna G

      January 25, 2018 at 4:09 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jennifer!

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  8. Ann

    April 3, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    Will use these with my kindergarten ELL students. Suggestion for future: use academic math vocabulary for rhombus (instead of diamond). Thank you!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 3, 2017 at 8:46 pm

      I’m not sure if you noticed, but there are two downloads available: one using the word diamond, and one using the word rhombus.

      Reply to this comment
  9. Tonya Andrews

    January 14, 2017 at 4:44 pm

    Thank you so much!!!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 14, 2017 at 9:38 pm

      You’re very welcome, Tonya!

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  10. Tammy

    December 4, 2016 at 10:38 am

    Thanks for sharing a great idea for centers and a fun, engaging way for cchildren to learn shapes.

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    • Anna Geiger

      December 4, 2016 at 1:59 pm

      You’re welcome, Tammy – I hope you get a chance to use them!

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  11. Connie

    September 12, 2016 at 10:18 am

    I am unable to download you’re shape clip cards? Any ideas why.

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 12, 2016 at 10:24 am

      Yes – all my ideas are in the link underneath the link to download the file. It says “Is the file not downloading?” You should find a solution there.

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  12. Kathy Kwiecienski

    September 2, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    Thank you for sharing such a great shape activity! I know my kinders will enjoy playing with these cards.

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 3, 2016 at 3:58 pm

      You’re very welcome, Kathy!

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  13. Homeschoolingmommie

    August 31, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    Awesome! Thank you

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    • Anna Geiger

      September 3, 2016 at 3:57 pm

      You’re welcome!

      Reply to this comment

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