Apple Shapes Match Activity for Preschoolers

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One of the things preschoolers need to learn is to recognize and name shapes. You need to provide them with many hands-on activities to accomplish this task. Since apples are harvested during the Fall, I created this FREE Apple Shapes Match activity that is pretty and fun and will help your preschoolers practice their shapes.

This pack includes twenty pages, including the shapes circle, heart, hexagon, octagon, oval, parallelogram, pentagon, rectangle, rhombus, square, star, trapezoid, and triangle, and a mini book. You can get it at the end of this post.

Materials Needed

FREE Apple Shapes Match activity.
Printer.
White cardstock.
Laminator and laminator pouches, or
Dry-erase pouches.
Scissors.
Pencils, markers, or crayons.
Glue.

How to Use It

Small group activity.
Math center option.
Writing center option.
Take home game.
Quiet area option.

This activity comes in two parts:

1^stpart – Apple mats. It includes four mats with the outline of three apple shapes: circle, heart, hexagon, octagon, oval, parallelogram, pentagon, rectangle, rhombus, square, star, trapezoid, and triangle. It also includes four mats with pretty red apples with shapes.

You only have to print the apple mats and apples using white cardstock. Laminate or place them in a dry-erase pouch to make them last longer, and cut out the apples. Place the mats, cut out apples in different centers, and invite the children to match the shapes.

2^nd part – Apple Shapes Book. The activity includes a mini book divided into 14 half pages with apple outlines (two per full page) and two pages with small red apples with shapes. Each mini page includes one apple-shaped outline in a pretty background and the word representing the shape’s name in dotted lines.

Print a copy for each child, including the small apple shapes, and invite them to choose a red apple, say the shape’s name, find the matching pair in the book, paste the red apple on top of its outline, and trace the shape’s name using a pencil, marker, or crayon.

These activities are great for strengthening the children’s shape knowledge, concentration, one-to-one correspondence, visual discrimination, and fine motor skills.

You can combine them with the other activities I created for this season, such as the Acorn Counting Mats, the Maple Leaves Letter Match, and the Johnny Appleseed Visual Discrimination Game, to offer your preschoolers different choices.

Extension Activities:

To extend the activity, you can:

Have the children copy the shapes on a white sheet of paper.
Match each shape with plastic or wooden shapes.
Find the shapes they are tracing in objects around the classroom.
Spell the names of the shapes using magnetic or foam letters.
Use the red apples to create a memory game.

Storybooks About Shapes

You know what I always say: You always have to include storybooks in everything you do. It is extremely important to read to your preschoolers every day. Stories provide children with many benefits for their learning process because they help them develop their imagination, learn vocabulary, understand concepts, and develop their pre-reading and pre-writing skills, among other benefits.

These are some that you can use for shapes:

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stone Walsh tells how three clever mice use shapes to find a funny way to trick a sneaky cat.
Shapes by Wonder House Books is a beautiful picture book that introduces children to different shapes. It is filled with well-researched words and eye-catching images, helping them to associate words with pictures and build a perfect vocabulary.

Snippets: A Story About Paper Shapes by Diane Elber is a story that reveals the power of kindness and the beauty of being unique. And it does so through the journey of two different groups of shapes (the polygons and irregular polygons).

Big Box of Shapes by Wiley Blevins tells how Lulu and Max use their imaginations to use shapes found in a box to take in new and exciting ways.

Tangled: A Story About Shapes by Anne Miranda is a charming story that makes learning the names of sixteen shapes as easy as a day in the park.

Pin It for Later

If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin it to one of your Pinterest boards to have it available when needed.

I hope you enjoy this free Apple Shapes Match activity, which will help your preschoolers learn or review their shapes.

Remember to grab your FREE Apple Shapes Match printable. To do so, click on the link below.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,

P.D. Please let me know if any of these ideas worked for you or if you think I need to add or replace something. My goal is to help you in any way I can, and I’m not too fond of anything better than to post something that you might find helpful. Also, if you have different ideas and want to share them, I would love to post them.