If you're after a flexible and visually engaging way for students to explore shape and number concepts, look no further than our 2D Shapes Colour & Count Worksheets. This simple yet powerful activity helps learners combine their knowledge of 2D shapes and counting skills while offering multiple entry points for a range of ability levels.

Students begin by identifying and colouring the different 2D shapes featured in the image. They then count and record how many of each shape they can find. This encourages close observation, classification, and number application, with plenty of opportunities for incidental questioning and deeper thinking.

The worksheet is ideal for both early learners just beginning to explore shapes and for more advanced students ready to describe properties such as sides, corners, and lines. It’s perfect as part of a lesson on 2D shapes, a morning warm-up, early finisher task, or as a quick formative assessment. Designed to be printed on one A4 page, it fits easily into student workbooks or assessment folders for later reference.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify a range of 2D shapes by their visual features
• ✅ Count and record the number of shapes accurately
• ✅ Use colour-coding to categorise and organise shape types
• ✅ Apply mathematical language to explain shape properties and relationships

What’s Included:

• 1 A4 worksheet featuring a variety of 2D shapes to identify, colour, and count
• Built-in table for recording the number of each shape
• Opportunity for incidental questioning and extension tasks

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (A4)
• Coloured pencils, crayons, or markers
• Pencil or pen for recording totals

How to Use:

• • Hand out the worksheet as part of a lesson, independent task, or fast-finisher activity
• • Ask students to colour each type of shape using a different colour
• • Students count how many of each shape they see and record their totals
• • Use incidental questions to extend their reasoning and mathematical vocabulary

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use at the start of a shape unit to gauge prior knowledge
• 💡 Place in a maths rotation with manipulatives or shape posters nearby
• 💡 Use as an informal assessment—students complete independently and share answers aloud
• 💡 Turn it into a partner game: one student colours, the other counts
• 💡 Pair with a shape scavenger hunt or sorting task for a hands-on follow-up

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage students to justify their answers using vocabulary like “sides,” “corners,” and “equal”
• 💛 Use the completed worksheets as a springboard for oral maths discussion
• 💛 Challenge more capable learners with questions like “How many corners in total?” or “Which are quadrilaterals?”
• 💛 Print on coloured paper for a twist or for visual accessibility
• 💛 Store completed worksheets in portfolios as shape evidence for reporting

2D Shapes Colour & Count Worksheets offer a bright and simple way to blend shape recognition, counting, and critical thinking—perfect for consolidating learning in any early years or lower primary classroom.