Free Heart Shape Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten – Trace, Draw, Color & Learn!

Free Printable Heart Shape Worksheets

Today I want to share 6 free heart shape worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. These printable worksheets give children several ways to practice the heart shape, including tracing, drawing, coloring, cutting, gluing, and shape recognition.

This time, we are learning about shapes — and I prepared six free worksheets focusing on one very special shape: the heart. ❤️

I created these pages as a sample from my complete shape worksheets set. I wanted to give you a chance to print the pages, try the activities with your child, and see if you like the way I designed them.

If you are looking for more ideas for practicing shapes, you can also take a look at my Free Printable Shape Worksheets. In that post, I share more printable activities that can help children practice recognizing and tracing basic shapes.

These worksheets are made for children who are learning to recognize and draw basic shapes. They are a good fit for preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten and can be used at home, in the classroom, or as part of a homeschool activity.

The free heart worksheets include tracing, drawing, coloring, cutting, gluing, shape recognition, and handwriting practice.

And the best part? You can download all 6 pages for free!

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What Is Included in the Free Heart Shape Worksheets?

The free PDF includes 6 heart shape worksheets.

Each page gives children a slightly different way to practice the same shape. I like this approach because children can see the heart again and again without having to repeat exactly the same activity.

Here is what you will find in the free download.

1. Trace the Heart Shape

The first worksheet is all about heart shape tracing.

There are 9 hearts to trace on the page.

Each heart has a small black dot showing where to start tracing.

I use starting dots in many of my tracing worksheets because they give children a clear place to begin. Instead of wondering where to start, the child can simply place the pencil on the dot and follow the outline of the heart.

This makes the activity especially useful for children who are still developing their pencil control.

2. Trace the Heart and Practice Writing

The second page gives your child a chance to practice both drawing a heart and writing a sentence.

First, there is a large heart to trace.

Just like on the first page, a black dot shows where to start.

Underneath it, your child can trace:

I can draw a heart.

Every letter has its own black starting dot.

This means that the page is not only a heart tracing worksheet. It also gives children some simple handwriting practice.

I especially like combining shape practice with writing because children can work on more than one early learning skill on the same page.

3. Trace, Draw, Find and Color Hearts

The third worksheet has several activities on one page.

First, the child traces a small heart.

Then there is an empty box where they can draw a heart by themselves.

This is a small but important step. After tracing a shape several times, children can try to remember how the shape looks and draw it independently.

Next, they trace the word:

heart

Again, each letter has a black dot showing where to begin.

And then comes my favorite part of this page.

There is a frame filled with different shapes. The child has to find the hearts and color only the hearts.

This turns the worksheet into a simple shape recognition activity. The child needs to look carefully at several different shapes and decide which ones are hearts.

4. Color the Word and Practice the Heart

The fourth page gives children another opportunity to practice the word heart.

There is a large outlined word HEART that children can color.

Below that is a large dotted heart.

This one is perfect for dot markers. Children can fill the dots using their favorite colors or use crayons, markers, or pencils if that is what you have at home.

At the bottom of the page, there is another traceable heart word with black starting dots on each letter.

So this one page combines coloring, fine motor practice, shape recognition, and handwriting.

5. Cut and Glue the Heart Puzzle

The fifth activity is a little different because children get to use scissors and glue.

There is a large heart on the page with two lines dividing it into sections.

At the bottom of the worksheet, there are pieces to cut out.

The child needs to:

1. Cut out the pieces.
2. Look at the large heart.
3. Find where each piece belongs.
4. Glue the pieces into the correct places.
5. Create the heart shape.

This is a simple shape puzzle that gives children a chance to practice more than shape recognition.

Cutting and gluing also provide additional fine motor practice and hand-eye coordination.

And I think children simply enjoy activities where they get to cut something out and make it themselves!

6. I Spy a Heart Shape

The last free worksheet takes the activity away from the abstract shape and into the real world.

Children see a frame containing pictures of different everyday objects.

Their job is to look carefully at the pictures and find the object with a heart shape.

This is an important part of learning shapes.

Children don’t only need to recognize a perfect heart drawn on a worksheet. They can also learn to notice shapes in the things they see around them.

At the bottom of the page, there is another opportunity to trace the word:

heart

Each letter has a black starting dot to help guide the child.

Why I Like These Shape Worksheets

When I create worksheets for children, I don’t want every page to feel exactly the same.

Tracing is important, but I don’t think tracing alone is enough.

That is why these six free heart worksheets give children many different ways to practice one shape:

trace → draw → recognize → color → write → cut → glue → find

The child gets to practice the heart shape several times, but each activity asks them to use it in a different way.

This can help keep the activity interesting while giving children plenty of repetition.

A Simple Way to Practice Shapes at Home

You don’t have to sit down and complete all six pages at once.

In fact, I would probably spread them out over several days.

You could start with the simple tracing page and then move to drawing and shape recognition.

Another day, you could use the coloring and dot-marker page.

And when your child is ready for something more hands-on, try the heart puzzle with scissors and glue.

The I Spy page can also be a nice way to finish because it encourages children to look for shapes outside the worksheet.

You can even continue the activity after finishing the page.

Ask your child:

Can you find a heart shape somewhere in our house?

You might be surprised how quickly they start looking!

What Skills Can Children Practice?

Although these are shape worksheets, there are several skills being practiced at the same time.

The free heart worksheets can help children practice:

• Shape recognition
• Heart shape tracing
• Drawing shapes
• Pencil control
• Handwriting
• Letter formation
• Fine motor skills
• Coloring
• Cutting with scissors
• Gluing
• Visual discrimination
• Hand-eye coordination

This is one reason I like activity-based worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. A simple shape can become the starting point for several different learning activities.

Free Printable Heart Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten

If you are looking for free heart worksheets for preschool or kindergarten, I hope you will give these pages a try.

You can use them as:

• Preschool shape activities
• Kindergarten shape practice
• Homeschool worksheets
• Fine motor activities
• Shape tracing practice
• Pre-writing practice
• Math center activities
• Quiet time activities
• Screen-free learning activities

The PDF is ready to print, so you can simply download it and get started.

Download the 6 Free Heart Shape Worksheets

Ready to try them?

Click below to download the 6 free heart shape worksheets.

And if you like the activities and the way the worksheets are designed, I have something more for you.

Want to Practice More Shapes?

The six free pages above are taken directly from my larger Shape Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten set.

There are 9 different types of activities in the complete set, so children can practice each shape in different ways instead of simply tracing the same outline over and over.

They can trace shapes, draw them, recognize them, practice their names, color them, count them, and complete hands-on activities.

If your child enjoyed the free heart worksheets, you can find the complete set in my Etsy shop.

If you are looking for more heart shape activities for preschool and kindergarten, you can also check out my other post, Free Printable Shape Worksheets, where I share additional ideas for practicing basic shapes.

I Hope You Enjoy These Free Worksheets!

I created these worksheets to make practicing shapes a little more interesting for young children.

Sometimes a child needs to see the same shape several times before it really becomes familiar. Giving them different activities can make that repetition feel more like play and less like work.

So print the heart pages, grab some pencils, crayons, markers, scissors, and glue — and have fun learning!

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