The words CIRCLE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE, STAR and HEART label the big flat figures on this 2D shapes coloring page, with every name in outlined letters right under its shape. A smiling sun, a rainbow, a butterfly, a bird and flowers fill the space around the three rows of shapes. The big shapes are easy to color and the letters take more care, so the page suits children from about 3 to 6 in preschool and kindergarten.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we typed this idea into Colorin AI: "six flat shapes with their names, a circle, a square, a triangle, a rectangle, a star and a heart, each one with its name in hollow letters under it, spread over the page like a simple classroom poster, drawn with simple bold outlines for preschool and kindergarten, with the whole poster kept above an empty white margin at the bottom of the page".

How to use it

For a shapes review, a kindergarten class can count corners and points. The circle has none, the triangle has three corners, the square and the rectangle have four, the star has five points and the heart has one point at the bottom. Children can then compare the square with the rectangle, which is wider and shorter.

A speech therapist can point to a shape and ask a child to say its name. For a class working on other shapes, make a chart of this week's shapes.