Fox's Shapes Around Us – 2D Shapes Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Shapes are everywhere! Match everyday objects to the 2D shape they look like. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with 2d shapes, with a friendly fox to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 3 activities worth 15 marks in total:

• Activity A: Linking everyday objects to 2D shapes.
• Activity B: Colouring shapes by name.
• Activity C: Choosing the shape an object looks like.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Counting sides and corners
• Finding shapes in a picture
• Linking everyday objects to shapes
• Colouring shapes by name

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the fox when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Shape and Space strand, where learners name, count sides and corners of and find circles, squares, triangles, rectangles and more. Answer key included.