Shape and Space
Symmetry and Geoboard
Overview
In this activity your children will learn about symmetry and work on different symmetrical patterns using the Geoboard app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Area and Perimeter
2. Shape rotations and transformations
3. Create shape nets.
Shapes Around Us
Overview
This lesson plan focuses on learning about 2D and 3D shapes and is linked to ICT, Literacy and World Around Us.
Sphero and Shapes
Overview
In this lesson your children will look at creating accurate 2D shapes by coding the sphero. For this activity you will need to download the Lightning Lab app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Creating and measuring angles.
2. Instructions.
3. Problem solving and debugging.
Tangrams
In this activity your class must organise the shapes to create the pattern shown.
This is a great problem solving and thinking activity.
Compass and Directions
You must create a list of directions to navigate your character to the house.
This is a great activity to help develop directional vocabulary and understanding.
2D Flashcards
This is a flashcards resource linked to 2D shapes.
Your children can work on their recognition of the shapes and words.
Click the image to download the PDF.
Counting the Shapes 1-10
Allow your children to work on their counting, number formation and shapes recognition.
Drawing the Shapes
This flashcards resource focuses on the formation of shapes and can also work on developing pencil skills in early Reception children.
2D shapes and Geoboard
Create a variety of 2D shapes using the Geoboard app. You have also got the option to write the features of the shapes using the pen function.
Shape Spotter
A variety of 2D shapes have been camouflaged in the pictures. Can you find the shape that is spoken?
This game covers squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons and rhombuses/rhombi.
Sorting 2D and 3d
This is a useful game to play when the children are beginning to learn more about the features of shapes. The children must first identify the shapes and then sort them into the correct box.
You can ask the children to tell your which shapes they sorted and which were missing in the plenary.
Shapes and Explain Everything
In this lesson, your children are going to work on the recognition and formation of 2D shapes. The circle, square and rectangle have been provided, but you need to create your triangles, pentagons and hexagons using lines or pen function for drawing. I would recommend using the pen.
To see the lesson plan click here.
Shapes Worksheets
This links to a bank of worksheets linked to shapes.
The worksheets are a great way to consolidate the learning of shapes and linking them to objects in real life.
Sorting Shapes
This links to a bank of worksheets linked to sorting shapes.
The worksheets are a great way to consolidate the learning of shapes and linking them to objects in real life.
Creating Shapes
This is a great lesson idea that will encourage your children to experiment with creating new shapes. The children will used lollipop sticks to create shapes. You could challenge your more able children by creating a few 3D shapes.
It allows the children to think more about the features of shapes whilst giving them the opportunity to create the shapes.
This is also a good activity to introduce regular and irregular shapes to your KS1 children.
Teletubbies Shapes
This learning game reinforces 2D shapes.
The children must guess the shapes the Teletubbies are making.
Earth Adventure
Go on a journey to earth and find different shapes in different locations.
A great resource to help children locate shapes in crowded images.
Sun 3D Shapes
Explore 3D shapes using this activity and talk about the features of each.
Your children must identify the 3D shapes to stop the ice cream from melting.
Shape Reveal
Slowly reveal a variety of 2D shapes to allow the children to discuss features and make predictions.
Shapes and Words
This is one of the best shapes games I have found.
There are many fun games for the children to develop their shape knowledge and shape word recognition.
The children can play memory games, pairs, matching, find the shape word and more.
A variety of shape related games for Foundation/ Early KS1 to help children identify shapes and also allow them to develop sight vocabulary of the names of shapes.
What makes a shape symmetrical?
This resource introduces your class to the concept of symmetry in 2D shapes.
A 2D shape is symmetrical if a line can be drawn through it and either side is a reflection of the other.
The line is called a line of symmetry.
Symmetry
Can you spot the symmetrical images? In this game, the children are challenged to decide whether the images are symmetrical or not.
