Year 1 - Geometry

Bring shape learning to life with these outdoor lessons, where children explore 2D and 3D shapes, create repeating patterns, and get hands-on with nature through games, puzzles, and transient art. Fun, collaborative, and low-prep activities make geometry engaging and memorable.

Lesson Plans

Repeating patterns

During this outdoor lesson your children will get hands-on with nature and combine this with transient art to secure their understanding of repeating patterns. This lesson requires no preparation and only natural resources to deliver!

Learning objective:

To recognise and create repeating patterns.

Recognising 2D shapes

Develop your children’s fluency of recognising 2D shapes using puzzles and active maths games. This outdoor lesson gives your children the opportunity to name common 2D shapes and start to explore creating them with unique and easy-to-setup activities.

Learning objective:

To recognise and create 2D shapes.

Creating patterns with 2D shapes

Deepen your children’s understanding of repeating patterns with this outdoor lesson. By using just your outdoor space and nature, your children will create their own repeating patterns using 2D shapes, while consolidating their ability to recognise and name them too.

Learning objective:

To create patterns with 2D shapes.

Recognising 3D shapes

The main activity of this outdoor lesson encourages your children to work together to explore, recognise and name 3D shapes, using sticks and your outdoor space. By creating 3D shapes they will start to become familiar with their names and properties.

Learning objective:

To recognise and create 3D shapes.

Before you get started

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