Sort and Count Shapes Worksheets for Kindergarten

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Grade KMathData & GraphsCCSS K.MD.B.3CCSS K.CC.B.5

Skill: Sorting shapes into groups and counting how many are in each group

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A good fit for kindergartners who can name the basic flat shapes and count small groups reliably. Suggest sorting before counting: put a small dot of one color on every circle, another color on every square, and so on, then count each color. Afterwards, make the same kind of picture with real blocks, or revisit naming in Name the Shape: Circles, Squares, Triangles and More and bigger groups in Count to 20 With Ten-Frames.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

Sorting is one of the first ways young children organize information. Kindergartners learn to put objects into groups, count how many are in each group, and compare the groups. This kindergarten worksheet combines all three steps with four familiar shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and hexagons.

The top of the page shows a picture with the four kinds of shapes mixed together. Below it, children answer four questions, such as "How many triangles?", by writing a number in a box. Each kind of shape appears between two and eight times, and the four groups never have the same count, so the last two questions always have one clear answer: children circle the shape there are the most of and the shape there are the fewest of. Every one of the ten versions has a new picture with different counts.

How to use it: show your child how to work one shape at a time. Pick circles first, cross out each circle as you count it, write the number, then move on to squares. Crossing out keeps children from counting the same shape twice or skipping one, which is the most common counting mistake when objects are scattered instead of lined up. Afterwards, sort real objects the same way, such as blocks by color or buttons by size, and ask which pile is biggest.

The answer key shows every count and circles the right shapes. For more shape practice, try our Name the Shape: Circles, Squares, Triangles and More worksheet. For more counting, try our Count to 20 With Ten-Frames worksheet.