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Busy Things hosts over 1600 curriculum-linked activities and games for early years and primary aged children. A school subscription also includes lots of features and tools for teachers that promise to save planning time.  Take a free trial to have a proper play or book a demo here

2-D shapes and polygons

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Name the shapes - advanced 2-D shapes

Label these complex 2-D shapes by name.


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Types of triangle

Categorise triangles into equilateral, isosceles, right-angled and scalene groups.


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Tangranimals

Build creatures out of shapes!


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Parallel lines

Sort the shapes into the groups based on how many parallel lines they contain.


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Perpendicular lines

Sort the shapes into the whether they contain lines at right angles or not.


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Perpendicular lines flashcards

Teacher-led flashcard revision.


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Regular and irregular polygons

Sort the shapes into regular and irregular.


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Quadrilaterals

Sort the quadrilaterals into groups based on their properties.


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2-D shapes - Missing lengths

Find the lengths of the sides.


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Rectilinear shapes - Missing lengths

Label the sides with their lengths.


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Missing angles within shapes

Use your angle knowledge to fill in the blanks.


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Shapes quiz - [age910]

Names and properties of 3-D shapes; classifying 2-D shapes.


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Shapes quiz - [age1011]

Properties and nets of 3-D shapes; angles in 2-D shapes.


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Parts of a circle

Label the parts of a circle.


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