Shapes Teaching Resources
This comprehensive collection contains a variety of 2D and 3D shapes teaching resources. Use the educational posters as a visual stimulus in your primary classroom. Also provided are hands-on learning activities, games, vocabulary word wall cards, nets of shapes and more. Use the pre and post-tests to ascertain each student's prior knowledge before starting a shapes unit of work.
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2D Shapes and 3D Objects – Worksheets
A set of differentiated worksheets that focus on drawing 2D shapes and describing 3D objects.
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Year 4 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
24 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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2D Symmetry Poster - Reflection and Rotational
A poster displaying 2D Symmetry concepts including Reflection and Rotational Symmetry.
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Nets of 3-D Objects
Printable nets of 3-D objects.
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3D Object Profiles – Template
A template that students use to demonstrate their ability to describe the features of 3D objects.
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Year 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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2D Shapes and Symmetry Worksheet
A two-page worksheet to use when addressing the concepts of 2D shapes and symmetry.
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We're Going On a Shape Hunt! Graphing Game
A fun board game to aid students' recognition of 2D shapes.
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Geometry Worksheets - Properties of Shapes - Year 1
6 properties of shapes worksheets linked to the National Curriculum in England.
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Maths Warm-Ups Interactive PowerPoint – Year 3
A PowerPoint providing a series of warm up activities for Year 3 students across the Mathematics curriculum.
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Tracing and Drawing 2D Shapes Worksheet
A simple trace and draw worksheet for 2D shapes.
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3D Object Bingo
30 different bingo cards using 3D object pictures and names.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Basic and Complex Shapes)
A detailed set of colour by shape activities.
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Drawing 2D Shapes Worksheet
A worksheet with questions regarding 2D shapes.
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2D Shape Puppet Templates
Use these cute shape puppets when discussing 2D shape names and their properties to your students.
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Origami Animal Faces Worksheet
A fun art activity to explore shape through the creation of origami animal faces.
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3D Objects Worksheet
Use this 3D Objects Worksheet to assist your students when learning about the properties of 3D objects.
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Let's Sort It! - 2D Shapes and 3D Objects Sorting Activity
A sorting game to use in the classroom when identifying the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects.
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3D Objects and Their Properties - Puzzle Match-Up Activity
A set of 8 match up puzzles to use in the classroom when exploring the properties of 3D objects.
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Shape Sort Game
Use this Shape Sort Game to assist your students in identifying items that are shaped like squares, rectangles, circles and triangles.
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3D Object Easter Bunny Templates
A set of ten Easter Bunny 3D object nets.
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Colour By Shape Christmas Worksheets
Use knowledge of 2D shapes to colour in these Christmas-themed colour by shape worksheets.
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Christmas Symmetry Art Worksheets
Explore symmetry with these Christmas symmetry worksheets.
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3D Object Christmas Ornament Templates
Turn 3-D nets into paper Christmas ornaments with a fun set of printable ornament templates.
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Batty for 2D Shapes - Halloween Shapes Worksheet for Key Stage 1
Go batty and identify the 2D shapes with a printable Halloween Shapes worksheet.
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Halloween Shapes - Colour By 2D Shapes Worksheet for Key Stage 1
Don’t get too spooked while trying to identify 2D shapes with a printable Halloween Shapes Colour by Code worksheet!
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2D Shapes Colouring Worksheet (8 Shapes)
A cute worksheet where students need to identify and colour the shapes the correct colour.
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All About Octagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about octagons.
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Shape Seekers PowerPoint
An interactive 162-slide PowerPoint that follows the story of a professor and their new invention that turns 2D shapes into 3D objects.
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Find and Colour – Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt where students search for 2D shapes in their surrounding environment.
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All About Semicircles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about semicircles.
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All About Hexagons Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about hexagons.