directional language

Directional Language

Master your directions! 🚀 Learn to use terms like left, right, up, down, forward, and backward. Explore how objects relate in space with words like near, far, beside, and between. Practice describing positions clearly and confidently. Your sense of space just got smarter!

Target Age:

Lesson Overview

By the end of this unit, children will be able to:​
  1. Understand and use basic directional terms, such as left, right, up, down, forward, and backward.
  2. Explore and describe spatial relationships using directional language, such as near, far, beside, and between.
  3. Use directional language to explain the relative positions of objects in a given space.

Curriculum Alignment: Year 1 Geometry: Position and Direction

  • Describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns.
Last updated on: February 18, 2026

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