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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Memory Matcher PowerPoint – 2D Shapes
An interactive memory match-up game where students recall the names of shapes.
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Perimeter of 2D Shapes Poster
Display this educational poster when learning about finding the perimeter of 2D shapes.
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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 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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2D Shape Puppet Templates
Use these cute shape puppets when discussing 2D shape names and their properties to your students.
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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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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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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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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 3 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
21 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Year 1 Numeracy Exit Tickets – Worksheets
18 Numeracy Exit Ticket activities for students to provide evidence of their learning progress.
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Regular and Irregular Polygons
A poster chart showing regular and irregular polygons.
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Tracing and Drawing 2D Shapes Worksheet
A simple trace and draw worksheet for 2D shapes.
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Real Life 3D Objects – Interactive PowerPoint
A 30-slide interactive PowerPoint that explores 3D objects found in real life.
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Geometry Word Wall Vocabulary
A geometry word wall to teach your students the associated vocabulary.
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2D Shape Match-up Puzzles
A set of puzzles that match up 2D shapes and their properties.
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Colouring 2D Shapes Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.
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3D Objects Poster - BW
3D objects and their names on a poster.
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Nets of 3D Objects Poster
A poster highlighting the nets of a selection of 3D Objects.
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Individual 2D Shapes Posters - BW
2D Shapes and their names, diagrams and properties on individual posters.
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2D Shapes and 3D Objects Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains 2D and 3D shapes and lists associated vocabulary.
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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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2D Shapes Flashcards
Use these 2D shapes flashcards to help familiarise your students with the most common two-dimensional shapes.
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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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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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Find and Colour – Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt where students search for 2D shapes in their surrounding environment.