A shape and counting activity for children learning numbers to 12 and 2D shapes. Cut, order, count and match the numbers to the shapes.

12 heart shaped patterns for children to colour in. Useful for your 2D shape work and for children designing cards for special occasions such as Valentine’s Day or Father’s Day. Use a range of media such as collage, paint, finger paint and felt pen.

Here are 16 sphere shaped patterns for children to colour in choosing their own media e.g. felt pens, paint, pencils etc. The first page shows all 16 designs. Links to art work on patterns, colour and 3D shape.

4 worksheets showing shapes within shapes for children to trace around to improve their fine motor control.

A shape sorting game or activity to make or use as worksheets. 5 2D shape sorting insets to cut and laminate. Sets of colour shapes are included to also cut out and laminate. Children can match the shapes to the outlines or / and colour in /or write the name of the shapes.

This is a fun cross - curricular game to play with your pupils. Show the images or cut into cards. Pupils work out the idiom or saying for each image and mark these off on the answer sheets. Great for group or pairs/team work. Links to literacy. There are 2 pages of idioms with 15 pictures on each page. Alternatively cut out all the cards for pupils to match. Differentiate with a small number of cards to start and increasing once pupils get the idea. Pupils can research any idioms they are unfamiliar with. Lots of speaking and listening and thinking opportunities.

12 pairs of 2D shape cards for cuttting out and matching, or for use as visual aids or displays on shape. Shapes : circle, oval, square, rectangle, heart, star, cross, triangle, diamond, pentagon, octagon and hexagon.

A 2D shape and counting resource for KS1 Pages 1 and 2 show colour shapes with the number of sides written inside Children can count the sides to make sure the numbers are correct Cut these out, too, for flashcards or displays Page 3 shows a colour worksheet where the numbers are removed from the shapes and the children add them in Pages 4,5, and 6 show worksheets with black and white shapes where children count the sides and write them in the shapes

Lots of ways of using this resource which links to art and design, colour, shape, pattern, matching and sorting activites as well as Valentine’s Day. There are heart shapes of 3 different sizes, each showing a different pattern / colours. Children can cut and match the hearts, recreate the patterns, use fabric collage to make similar patterns or draw / paint their own hearts. Children can trace around the dotted heart shapes. Hearts can be cut and pasted onto the outline templates. You could make a heart lotto game. There are 3 black and white template heart sheets for you or the children to use- 1 showing small hearts, 1 with 6 hearts to a page and 1 with 2 hearts to a page. A lovely resource for Valentine’s day to inspire children to make heart cards with different designs.

Here are 9 Christmas shapes for children to name, colour, cut out and make into tree decorations or gift tags or add to their Christmas cards.

2 colour activity pages where children count 2D shapes in each row up to 10 and then write the numbers in the boxes. The same 2 activities are in black and white.

10 borders for your work on 2D shape or colour. Useful too, for displaying childrens work or framing posters or key words. These are: Squares - black and white border and colour border Oval - black and white border and colour border Rectangles - black and white border and colour border Circles - black and white border and colour border Triangles - black and white border and colour border

2 assessment shape sheets for KS1 in colour and in black and white. Sheet 1 - 2D shape including hexagon, pentagon and heart. Sheet 2 - 2D and 3D shape including pyramid, cone and cylinder. Children write the names of the first 3 shapes. Then name and match the the next 4 shapes to ‘real’ objects in the centre box. There is a word bank at the bottom to support children with their spelling.

12 shape flashcards with 2 to a page. Each page has 1 colour and 1 matching black and white shape. Shapes are 2D. Cut and laminate for flashcards or for displays. Children can also colour the black and white shapes using their own choices of colour or copying the colour shapes to make them the same. Children could use a range of media for their shapes such as felt pens, paint or collage materials.

A cross curricular activity linked to literacy. 10 worksheets each showing a different shape. Children read the sentence and the initial sounds of the words. They then draw round the outlines of the shapes and colour them in.

Lots of ideas for teaching 3D shape. Starting with 3 colour posters to get the class talking about shape. Spheres and Cubes Cylinders and Cones Cuboids and Pyramids Activity 1:The next poster contains all the shapes and can be used on display or for children to sort out the 6 shapes. Activity 2: Find and draw objects the same as each of the 6 shapes. Activity 3: Cut and match the colour and /or grey shape symbols. Activity 4: Read the descriptions of the shape properties and join these to the shapes shown.

4 activity sheets are included here showing 2D shapes. Sheet 1 shows 12 colour picture cards to name and talk about. Duplicate, print and cut and match. Sheet 2 shows the same pictures as sheet 1 in black and white. Children can colour these in and / or cut and match to the colour pictures. Sheet 3 shows all the shapes for children to name, label and colour in. Sheet 4 has a box for each shape that children can read the names and draw in. (The boxes here are shuffled and thus in a different order than the previous ones). Useful for children learning their shapes and colours and those pupils learning English.

3 original poems to share with your early years children when introducing 2D shapes. My shape poem My Heart Shape Sorting The final sheet has 2 outline templates with shape borders. Children can use these to draw and label shapes or to make simple shape poetry.

3 worksheets where children count the shapes/symbols and match them to the number words. Then they can cut out the shape cards and order them from 1 to 10. There is a blank template at the end where children can paste their shape cards into or draw their own.

10 worksheets for your children to improve their fine motor control with a shape theme. You could also laminate the sheets and add to your writing or maths area with dry markers.