Shapes, colours and patterns: a class pack

1 lesson card, each followed by its sheet. Print the lot, or choose pages in the print dialog.

A Shape in its Place

Telling shapes apart

Warm-up, 5 minutes

Draw a circle, a square, a triangle and a star in the air together, naming each one and counting its corners.

On the projector

The class names each shape as it drifts by, and a helper sorts it. Ask "How do you know?" for one shape each turn.

Open it with /play/a-shape-in-its-place/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.

Away from the screen

A shape walk around the room: each child finds one circle, one square and one triangle and draws it.

Questions to ask

  • How many corners does this shape have?
  • Is this one round, or pointy?
  • Where have you seen a shape like this at home?
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A Shape in its Place

Name: ______________________

For the grown-up: Cut out the shapes and put each one in its patch. Colour them in: all the circles one colour, all the squares another.

CirclesSquaresTrianglesStars✂ Cut out the cards and sort them onto the mat.
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