Most area pages ask a child to count. This one hands them the pencil. Give a seven-year-old the number 12 and a sheet of grid paper, and you will see a dozen different shapes appear. This 2nd grade shade the area on a grid worksheet starts with a worked example: one unit square equals one square unit, so a shape of 5 square units uses five squares, drawn as a small L. Then four empty boxes ask your child to create shapes with an area of 19, 12, 9 and 23 square units on a 10 by 10 grid. Any shape works if the count is right. A second page gives the answer key, with one possible shape for each.