Colors and Shapes for 2-Year-Olds

How today’s class works.

Six little steps, in order: a welcome from your teacher, learn colors, learn shapes, solve the sheets together, take it off screen, then print the activity pack if you’d like to continue away from the screen. Stop after any step — that is a complete class, and there is never a score at the end.

1. 1 Teacher welcome
2. 2 Learn colors
3. 3 Learn shapes
4. 4 Solve the sheets
5. 5 Take it off screen
6. 6 Download & print

Learn colors together.

Show one card at a time and say the color clearly. The names on the screen are for you — your toddler does not need to read. After a card, pause and let the color sink in.

Learn basic shapes.

This is a circle. Look at the triangle. Names first, tracing second: little fingers can trace each shape in the air while you say the word.

Solve the colors and shapes pack together.

The printable pack turns this class into eight paper pages: the color cards, the shape cards, two match pages and two hunt pages. Print the pack once and this class keeps working all week — at the table, not on a screen.

1. 01

   Print the pack

   Open the printable pack and print the eight pages. The card pages love thick paper, but any paper plays.

2. 02

   Name before cutting

   Cut the color and shape cards out together, naming each one as it is cut — red, circle, blue, square. The cutting is the class.

3. 03

   Match the pages

   On the match pages, lay each card on its twin and ask “which one goes here?”. One wrong guess is welcome — comparing two things is the thinking work.

4. 04

   Hunt on paper

   On the hunt pages, circle every red thing, then every circle. A crayon is the right tool, and circling is the right skill.

Every card page has a Write & Color layer: your child can draw right on the card with a finger, a stylus or the mouse, then save the finished work. Nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Color every shape — right on the screen.

Twenty big, friendly coloring pages made for two-year-old hands: your child colors straight on the picture with a finger, a stylus or the mouse — pencil, crayons, eraser, undo and redo included. The picture sits on the left, the instructions sit beside it in read-aloud words, and every stroke is saved for your child in My Classroom so they can come back and keep coloring.

1 CircleOne big circle, ready for its first crayon.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 2 Two CirclesTwo circles — one up high, one down low.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 3 Circle & Beach BallA plain circle and a beach ball — the circle went to the seaside!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 4 SquareOne big square with four straight sides.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 5 Pillow & SquareA comfy pillow and a plain square — squares are soft too!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 6 Square & Gift BoxA plain square and a present with a bow — which one would you open?Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 7 TriangleOne big triangle with three pointy corners.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 8 Tall TriangleA stretched-up triangle — taller than it is wide.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 9 Triangle & HouseA pointy-down triangle and a triangle roof — triangles build houses!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 10 Sandwich & MountainA sandwich wedge and a two-peak mountain — triangles you can eat and climb!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 11 RectangleOne big rectangle — two long sides, two short sides.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 12 Tall RectangleA stretched-up rectangle — like a tower!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 13 Rectangle & BusA plain rectangle and a bus — the rectangle grew wheels!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 14 OvalA stretched-out circle — an oval!Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 15 Two OvalsTwo oval rings — one standing tall, one lying flat.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 16 Egg ShapeOne big egg — an oval with a secret: which end is up?Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 17 StarOne big five-point star, ready to shine.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 18 HeartOne big heart — color it for someone you love.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 19 Apple & BananaAn apple with its leaf and a big curved banana — snack-time shapes.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring → 20 Book & PhoneA book and a phone — rectangles you already love.Color it on screen with your finger, a stylus or the mouse Start coloring →

Prefer crayons on paper? Every picture also has a printable twin in the new Coloring Pages — Shapes library — download and print.

Find colors and shapes around you.

The class continues away from the screen. Pick one or two hunts during the day and keep them playful — there is nothing to collect and nothing to prove.

Keep hunts short and stay close by. Any noticing counts — naming one red thing together is a complete class.

There is a printable version of these hunts in the Download & Print pack below — handy for the fridge or the weekend.

One last word from class.

Tips for Parents

Sit together in a comfortable spot and let your child hold or tap where they can. Start with the color cards, say each color clearly, and pause — the pause is where your toddler answers in their own way.

Keep the games light. A wrong tap is simply a chance to look together, and every round ends with encouragement rather than a score.

When the on-screen games are done, take the class off screen: hunt for colors and shapes around your home during an everyday moment.

There is no need to finish every section in one sitting, and no need for your toddler to name every color or shape.

Age ranges are a guide. Kiddo School age ranges are guides, not tests or developmental deadlines. Children learn at their own pace.

Where to next?

Prefer printed cards?

The cards from this class also live in the flashcards library — every card has its own page with the picture, the words to say together and a download button, ready for away-from-screen time.