2D and 3D Shapes Year 1 & 2 (30 Worksheets, Faces, Edges, Symmetry)

Cover the whole KS1 shapes strand in one set. Year 1 children name common 2D and 3D shapes, and Year 2 children count sides, vertices, faces and edges and find lines of symmetry. Every shape is drawn in code (249 shapes and solids) and every count in the key is taken from the shape itself, with Euler’s rule checked for each solid.

What is inside:

• Posters, a pre-check and a post-check
• Naming 2D shapes at several levels: circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, ovals and semicircles
• Count and colour, count sides and vertices with a table, and a straight or curved sort
• Lines of symmetry (vertical lines only) at several levels, and an odd one out
• Drawing the other half of a symmetrical shape on a grid, and shape patterns
• Shape pictures to count and colour
• Naming 3D shapes: cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, cones, square-based pyramids and triangular prisms
• Faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes, matching everyday objects such as a tin or a football to their shapes, and 2D faces on 3D shapes
• A 3D sort with cut-and-stick cards, an I can tracker and a certificate

Only objects with one clear shape name are used, and a square and a rectangle, or a cube and a cuboid, are never offered together as the same question.

Matches National Curriculum for England statements including: “recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes” (Year 1); “identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line” and “identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces” (Year 2).

Format: A4 PDF. Every page is included twice, in colour and in black and white, so you can print whichever suits your printer. An answer key is included. Dashed cut lines mark anything to cut out.