Color flashcards and shape cards for toddlers, with easy learning games

These color flashcards help toddlers and preschoolers learn colors and shapes through play, with 12 color cards, 16 shape cards and easy games to go with them. The 15 page PDF comes in US Letter and A4 and also includes a word and color matching game, a memory game of 24 cards, sorting mats, a shape hunt and a progress chart. It is an instant download, and nothing is shipped.

Print, cut and start playing in about five minutes.

How these color flashcards make learning stick

Every color card pairs a bright patch of color with the word in big letters and a cheerful picture, such as an apple in red or a sun in yellow, so your child connects the name, the shade and something real. The shape cards cover 12 flat shapes and 4 solid 3D shapes, each with a short fact like 3 sides and 3 corners and an example from daily life.

Ready made games keep it fun: pair color words with dots, hunt for matching pairs, sort toys onto the mats and look for shapes around your home. A short guide for grown-ups describes 8 games in a few lines, so play can begin almost right away.

Who these color and shape cards are for

• Little learners of roughly 2 to 5 years discovering their first colors and shapes alongside a grown-up
• Parents teaching preschool or pre-K at home and homeschool families who like hands-on learning
• Grandparents, nannies and sitters who want a quiet game with no screens
• Families looking for an easy activity on rainy days, on trips or in a busy binder

Design and printing details

• A clean, elegant look on white pages with soft blush pink accents that need very little ink
• Generous margins on all pages, so your home printer won't cut anything off
• Portrait pages in US Letter (8.5 x 11 in) and A4 (210 x 297 mm)
• Undated and reusable, so a lost card or worn game page is easy to print again
• Color is used only where it supports learning, on the swatches, pictures and memory cards. The mats, shape hunt and card backs look fine in black and white
• Dashed cutting lines around every card, with 6 big cards or 24 small cards on each page

Inside the color flashcards set: 15 pages

1. 1A cover with a line for your child's name and an index of pages
2. 2A guide for grown-ups in 4 steps (print, cut, protect, play), 8 games to try like I spy, feely bag and what's missing, helpful tips and a note on safety
3. 3Color cards 1 to 6, showing an apple in red, a carrot in orange, a sun in yellow, a leaf in green, a balloon in blue and grapes in purple, each with a swatch and its word
4. 4Color cards 7 to 12, showing a flower in pink, an acorn in brown, a cat in black, a cloud in white, a mouse in gray and a crown in gold
5. 5Shape cards 1 to 6 for the circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval and star, each with a simple fact and an example from everyday life
6. 6Shape cards 7 to 12 for the heart, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, octagon and semicircle
7. 73D shape cards for the sphere, cube, cylinder and cone, plus 2 empty cards to draw and describe a shape of your own
8. 8Color and word match, with 12 dot cards in color and 12 matching word cards
9. 9Memory game of 24 small cards, made up of 12 pairs of shapes in color such as a heart in red and a circle in blue
10. 10Shape hunt checklist for 12 shapes, with room to note where each was spotted, a box for drawing and a list of the shapes found most
11. 11Color sorting mat with areas for red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple
12. 12Shape sorting mat for the circle, square, triangle, rectangle, star and heart, with light outlines to follow with a fingertip
13. 13Backs for the big color and shape cards, for printing on both sides
14. 14Backs for the small matching and memory cards
15. 15An I know my colors and shapes progress chart with 3 stars for each of the 12 colors and 16 shapes

What you download

• Color and Shape Flashcards, US Letter PDF (15 pages)
• Color and Shape Flashcards, A4 PDF (15 pages)
• Read Me First, a short printing guide (PDF)

How to download and print

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• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Good to know before you buy

• It is a PDF made to print at home or at a print shop, not an interactive digital file.
• You are buying a digital file only. Nothing physical is shipped.
• Printed colors can look slightly different from your screen.
• Files are for personal use only. Please don't share, resell or pass them on.
• Digital files can't be returned, but if one won't open or print properly, email us and we will help quickly.
• Designed for young children playing with a grown-up. Paper cards are small once cut, so please supervise little ones and keep the cards away from babies.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

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