Find the shapes around you

Shape hunt

Ages 4-630 minutes8 tasksColours & Shapes

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What we are learning

Name 2D shapes and find them in the real world.

You will need: Pencil, Coloured pencils, Ruler (optional)

Warm-up

Make shapes with your hands and arms: a circle, a triangle, a square. Guess each other's shapes.

Shape word bank

circlesquarerectangletrianglepentagonhexagonoval

1Name and colour

Colour circles red, squares blue, triangles yellow, rectangles green.

Draw and colour each shape

circle

square

triangle

rectangle

2Shape hunt tally

Look around the room. Tally how many of each shape you find.

	tally	total
circle
square
rectangle
triangle

3How many sides?

Write the number of sides and corners.

	sides	corners
triangle
square
rectangle
circle
pentagon
hexagon

4Which shape am I?

Read each clue and write the shape name.

1. I have 3 sides and 3 corners.
2. I have 4 sides all the same length.
3. I have no corners and I can roll.
4. I have 4 sides — two long and two short.
5. I have 6 sides, like a honeycomb.

5Sort the shapes

Write each shape in the right column: triangle, square, circle, rectangle, hexagon, oval.

	has straight sides	has a curved side
shape 1
shape 2
shape 3
shape 4

7Shape picture

Draw a robot using only circles, squares, rectangles and triangles. Label three shapes you used.

My shape robot

My robot

8Take it home

Go on a shape hunt at home. Draw or write three shapes you found and say where they were.

At home I found…

⭐ Challenge

Find a shape in the room with more than four sides. What is it called? How do you know?

How did I do?

I can name 2D shapes.
I can count sides and corners.
I can find shapes around me.
I can sort shapes into groups.