Shape-Themed Trays for Toddlers — Triangle Toddler Trays

These triangle toddler trays are easy to adapt to whatever your toddler is working on, and they are a hands-on way to teach the triangle shape.

These Montessori-inspired toddler trays are so easy to adapt different ideas to match whatever theme we are currently working on.

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Learn how to use these triangle activities to teach your toddlers shapes

Find out how to use these triangle activities to teach your toddlers shapes

Discover how to use these triangle activities to teach your toddlers shapes

Discover how to use these triangle activities to teach toddlers shapes

Shape Game for Triangles: Find the Shape

Print off the table size printable from our Find the Shape game. Check out the original post for instructions on how to play.

Use these exciting triangle trays to teach your toddlers shapes

Decorate a Triangle: Colored Rice

Get the printable from this post about Teaching Shapes by Decorating Shapes.

Use these fun triangle trays to teach your toddlers shapes

Pouring

This tray for toddlers has two small glass bowls. One bowl is filled with green triangle pattern blocks. Have your toddler pour the pattern blocks from one bowl to the other and then back again. Use these fun triangle trays to teach toddlers shapes

Counting

Make some simple number cards for this tray. To do this activity, have your child put one triangle on a number as they say that number. Then, they put a triangle on the next number as they say that number, etc.

Find out how to use these triangle activities to teach toddlers shapes

Gluing

This tray had a piece of white paper, several paper triangles, a paintbrush, and some homemade mod podge. Have your toddler make a collage with the paper triangles and to practice gluing using a paintbrush and mod podge.

Use these great triangle trays to teach your toddlers shapes

Fine Motor

This tray has several pipe cleaner pieces that your child can use to make triangles. If your child has difficulty, you can make two sides of the triangle and I let your toddler put the last piece on.

Make learning shapes simple

If you’re looking for playful, hands-on shape activities, the our downloadable Shape Activity Pack is just the thing! Just print off an activity whenever you want something fun for your toddler that is also educational.

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Use these great triangle trays to teach toddlers shapes

Your toddler will love the Learning Notebook printables that went along with these toddler school trays. If you want you can change the trays every week but if you don’t want to change the trays that often you can switch them every two weeks.

Use these exciting triangle trays to teach toddlers shapes

We have plenty more shape activities where this came from. Browse them on our how to teach shapes page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are toddler trays?

Toddler trays (sometimes called tot trays or tot school) are simple activity invitations set up on a tray or in a divided container. Your toddler works on one at a time, which keeps things focused and low-mess.

Where do I store all the tray materials?

A few clear bins or a small shelf work great. Keeping pieces sorted makes it quick to set up a tray when you have a spare minute.

What if my toddler dumps the tray instead of doing the activity?

That is normal for younger toddlers, and dumping and filling is its own kind of learning. Show them the activity once, then let them explore however they like.