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 - Interactive PowerPoint Presentation
An interactive PowerPoint presentation that teaches the features of 2D shapes.
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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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3D Object Easter Bunny Templates
A set of ten Easter Bunny 3D object nets.
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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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Tangram Treats - Task Cards and Templates
Explore the properties of geometric shapes with this set of scaffolded tangram patterns task cards and cut-out tangram templates.
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2D Shape Bingo
30 different bingo cards using 2D shape pictures and names.
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2D Shapes with Information - Poster
A 2D shapes poster with 16 common shapes, as well as information characterising each shape.
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Regular and Irregular Polygons
A poster chart showing regular and irregular polygons.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Basic and Complex Shapes)
A detailed set of colour by shape activities.
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2D Shapes Poster - BW
2D Shapes and their names on one poster.
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3D Objects Individual Posters
This resource pack includes 3D object posters for a cube, sphere triangular based pyramid, triangular prism, rectangular prism, cylinder, cone and square based pyramid.
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2D Shape Activity Sheets
A set of nine worksheets where students demonstrate their understanding of various 2D shapes.
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Colour by 2D Shape (Basic Shapes)
A set of five colour by shape worksheets.
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Tangram Activity
A poster showing examples of tangram shapes and a tangram template.
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Individual 3D Objects Blue Print Posters
3D objects and their names, diagrams and properties on individual posters.
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2D Shape Posters
2D Shape Posters.
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2D Shape Puzzles
Use these 2D shape puzzles to help familiarise your students with the most common two-dimensional shapes.
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Identify and Colour 2D Shapes Worksheet
Use this 2D shapes worksheet to help your students identify 8 of the most common two-dimensional shapes.
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2D Shapes Flashcards
Use these 2D shapes flashcards to help familiarise your students with the most common two-dimensional shapes.
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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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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.
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2D Shape Profiles – Template
A template that students use to demonstrate their ability to describe the features of 2D shapes.
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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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2D Shapes and 3D Objects – Worksheets
A set of differentiated worksheets that focus on drawing 2D shapes and describing 3D objects.