THEY'RE STARTING TO DISCOVER WHAT SHAPES CAN DO

They're recognising familiar shapes — and beginning to explore them in new ways.

A circle can be matched. A triangle can be cut out. A few familiar shapes can even become a house — or perhaps something completely different.

The Hand-Over-Ready® Shapes & Cutting Workbook gives children aged 3–5 a printable place to explore familiar shapes through matching, colouring, cutting, sticking, building and pattern activities — with 41 pages to return to as their confidence grows.

With Cut • Match • Create, familiar shapes become something they can move, arrange, build with and explore for themselves.

GROWING CONFIDENCE

Every child has their own way of exploring.

Some may match a few shapes and decide that's enough.

Others may want to cut, stick, colour or keep creating.

A page might last two minutes, be explored from top to bottom, be left for another day or become one they return to again.

There is room for all of it.

The triangle doesn't always have to land where you expected it to.

There is still cutting, holding, moving, placing, sticking and exploring happening along the way.

Children can enjoy the activities at their own pace, building confidence through what they try — not simply whether everything ends up in the “right” place.

CUT • MATCH • CREATE

Part of the Hand-Over-Ready® Learning Journey, the Shapes & Cutting Workbook gives children opportunities to:

Recognise and match circles, squares, triangles, stars, diamonds and rectangles
Develop scissor control by cutting around familiar shapes
Move, arrange and glue shapes in different ways
Use familiar shapes to build and create pictures
Find familiar shapes within pictures
Colour, draw and explore shapes in different ways
Discover and continue shape patterns
See what they can create when familiar shapes are put into their hands

You can stay nearby when they need you and give them space when they don't.

That's the hand-over.

WAYS TO ENJOY YOUR SHAPES & CUTTING WORKBOOK

Print the whole workbook or choose a few activities that match what has caught their interest that day.

Start with a shape they already recognise. Match it. Colour it. Practise careful cutting together. Put a few shapes on the page and see what they become.

Some days it may be one shape.

Other days the scissors, glue and colours may all come out.

And some days the workbook may stay exactly where it is.

The pages will still be there whenever they're ready to return.

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE

Your purchase includes:

41-page Shapes & Cutting Workbook
Shape recognition and matching activities
Scissor-skills practice with circles, squares, triangles, stars, diamonds and rectangles
Cutting, gluing and shape-building activities
Shape hunts, colouring and drawing activities
Shape pattern and problem-solving activities
2 high-resolution printable PDFs — A4 and 8.5 × 11 inches (US Letter)
Instant digital download
Print again for your own personal use

The workbook brings together matching, cutting, moving, colouring, building and pattern activities, giving children different ways to discover what familiar shapes can become.

CONTINUE THE HAND-OVER-READY® JOURNEY

Children become more independent in different ways and at different times.

This workbook builds on the shape recognition introduced in Numbers & Shapes. Now those familiar shapes can be cut, moved, matched, coloured, arranged and turned into something of their own.

When they're ready for more, the Hand-Over-Ready® Learning Journey continues:

First Marks → Letters → Numbers & Shapes → Counting

Or choose the Hand-Over-Ready® Bundle to keep the full journey together — ready for whichever stage they move into next.

PLEASE NOTE

This is a digital download. No physical workbook will be posted.

For cutting activities, please use child-safe scissors with adult supervision.

Colours may vary slightly depending on your screen, printer, ink and paper.

Hand-Over-Ready® Shapes & Cutting Workbook for Children (Ages 3–5)