Students will identify and classify cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders, create structures, and use spatial reasoning to match shapes they encounter in their environment. Fun, hands-on learning!
By the end of this unit, children will be able to:
identify and name basic solid shapes, such as cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders.
sort and classify objects by their shape attributes, such as the number of faces, edges, or corners.
use solid shapes to create simple structures and designs, such as stacking cubes to make a tower or arranging cones in a pattern.
use spatial reasoning to identify and match solid shapes, such as finding a sphere that is the same size as a cube.
recognize and describe the solid shapes they see in their environment, such as the shapes of toys, household items, and natural objects.
use solid shapes to create representations of objects and ideas, such as using a cylinder to represent a tree trunk or a cone to represent a party hat.
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Target Ages
Age: 3-5
England & Wales: Reception
Scotland: Reception
Rep. Ireland: Jr. Infants
Australia: Preschool
USA: Pre-K
What's Included
Three-part Lesson
Self-marking Activities
Fluency, Reasoning and Problem-solving Questions.
Engaging Drag and Drop Activities
Interactive Self-marking Worksheet
Printable Worksheets to Consolidate Learning
Links to curriculum
Development Matters − Reception − Select, rotate and manipulate shapes to develop spatial reasoning skills.
Birth to 5 Matters − Range 6 − Investigates turning and flipping objects in order to make shapes fit and create models; predicting and visualising how they will look (spatial reasoning)
