Kindergarten Solid Shapes in Real Life worksheets

About this worksheet

Solid shapes are all around us: a ball is a sphere, a block is a cube, a can is a cylinder, and a scoop of ice cream sits on a cone. Matching a solid shape to a real object is how children learn that geometry is not only drawn in a book. On this page every item shows one solid shape at the top, and three pictures of real things under it. The child circles the real thing that has the same shape.

The wrong choices are always things with a different shape, so there is only one right answer. Support, standard and challenge sheets use the same four shapes but different mixtures of objects. Let your child hold a ball, a block and a can, roll them and stack them, and say which ones roll and which ones stack. That is the best way to remember the names.

What your child will learn

• Match a solid shape to a real object
• Name a sphere, cube, cylinder and cone
• Tell which shapes roll and which stack
• Find solid shapes around the home

Common Core standard: K.G.A.2