How it works
This 3D shapes worksheet opens ready to print: 12 drawings of 6 solids to name, with a word bank and an answer key. Each solid comes twice, in a different size or shape, such as a tall cone and a wide one.
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Print the first sheet
Press Print or PDF for the sheet on screen. It has a Name, Date and Score line and a word bank: cone, cube, cylinder, pyramid, rectangular prism and sphere. The answer key follows on its own page. New sheet draws a fresh set. Under Shapes, 6 gives each solid once and 16 fills the page.
Add the flat or solid sort
Under On the sheet, light Flat or solid. Each box holds 5 to 8 lettered shapes, solids mixed with flat ones such as a circle or a hexagon. The child writes each letter under Solid (3D) shapes or Flat (2D) shapes. With both tasks lit, the line under the preview says how many pages will print.
- The Common Core kindergarten standards name 4 solids: cube, cone, cylinder and sphere. Treat pyramid and rectangular prism as bonus answers.
- A tin and a pipe are both cylinders. When a child misses the tall one or the flat one, find both in the room.
- To tell a cube from a rectangular prism, ask whether all 6 faces are squares.
Questions and answers
Which 3D shapes are on the worksheet?
Six: cube, rectangular prism, sphere, cone, cylinder and a pyramid with a square base, drawn in plain lines with the hidden edges dashed. There is no triangular prism, hexagonal prism or hemisphere. Flat shapes have their own page, 2D shapes worksheets.
How do I set up 3D shapes worksheets for kindergarten?
Set Shapes to 6 and keep Name the solid lit, so each solid appears once beside the word bank. Then try Flat or solid, which needs letters only. The Common Core asks kindergartners to identify shapes as flat or solid.
Are 3 d shapes worksheets the same as solid shapes worksheets?
Yes. 3 D, with or without the space, is short for three-dimensional, and the Common Core glosses that word as solid. These three d shapes worksheets say solid in the instructions and 3D on the sorting box.
Do the worksheets cover faces, edges and vertices?
No. The sheets ask for names and for flat or solid. The table under the tool gives the counts to teach from: a cube has 6 square faces, 12 edges and 8 corners, and a sphere has 1 curved surface, no edges and no corners.
Does the same solid look the same each time?
No. A solid asked twice on one sheet comes at another size or in other proportions: a long rectangular prism and a flat one, a tall cylinder and a short one. A child has to know the shape, not one picture of it.