Shapes
Shape recognition
Name thirteen original shapes and notice their sides, corners and curves. Print a compact reference or one large shape per page.
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Shape flash cards
Name thirteen original shapes and discuss sides, corners and curves. Choose color or monochrome cards.
Ready-made English PDF · fixed settings
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Cards with references
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Fixed English ready-made files. Custom settings below apply only to the configured PDF.
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Name the shape and explain one feature that helped. Compare with its labeled reference card.
13 cards on 4 pages in the default deck. The image shows its first page. Adding the reference set produces 8 PDF pages in total.
All thirteen shapes remain in the deck. Changing density or color changes presentation, not the set of shapes.
The ready-made image shows page 1; each PDF contains the full deck. Cards with references adds a separate complete set with answers or annotations. These are not mirrored duplex backs and make no front/back alignment promise. Print at actual size and cut along the optional guides.
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Fixed decks keep every card when density changes. Ordered fixed decks ignore the seed; choose Shuffled to use the seed for a different order. Time, number and money-amount decks generate a count from pages × density and can contain repeats.
Learning objective
What this activity builds
Recognize shapes by visible attributes rather than color or orientation alone.
Worked example
How do you recognize a hexagon?
It has six straight sides and six corners.
Count the edges all the way around once. Color and size do not determine whether a polygon is a hexagon.
Teaching notes
Make the practice count
- The deck includes circle, square, rectangle, diamond, plus, heart, star, right triangle, triangle, trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon and octagon.
- Use the diamond as a familiar picture label while discussing its properties; turning a square does not stop it being a square.
- Begin with a few familiar shapes from the printed deck before introducing every card.
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Customize the full deck
Choose your options and review every card page. Reference cards are a separate optional set.
Enlarged pages scroll. PDF size stays the same.
The preview shows the complete set for the selected role. Reference cards form a separate annotated set, not mirrored duplex backs. Density and paper determine the sheet layout.
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