Halloween Shape Hunt | Reception Maths PowerPoint Lesson

Turn Halloween into a hands-on maths adventure with this visual, colourful, interactive PowerPoint for Reception. Children become shape detectives, meeting circles, triangles, squares and rectangles through pumpkins, witch’s hats, windows and doors in a spooky house. They count sides and corners, sort shapes into a cauldron, a witch’s hat and a ghost’s box, and use positional words such as on, in, under and next to. Two simple pattern slides encourage children to say what comes next, then make a repeating shape pattern of their own, and a classroom shape hunt gets everyone moving and talking. Very few words and big ideas make it easy to read aloud, with warm speech-bubble prompts such as Say it with me! and Can you spot the pattern? Linked to the EYFS Mathematics area for shape, space and measures and pattern. This no-prep, ready-to-teach seasonal resource works as a Halloween week lesson, a maths carpet session or a cover lesson. 13 slides in a consistent colourful design, finishing with a where-this-leads-next slide previewing Year 1. British spelling throughout. Download once and use every Halloween.