2D Shapes
Year 2Week 12
Year 2 Shapes
Free printable shapes worksheets for ages 6-7 (KS1), aligned with the UK National Curriculum.
15 Worksheets
3 Weeks
Our free Year 2 Shapes worksheets cover 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and comparing both types for children aged 6-7, fully aligned to the England National Curriculum. Geometry is a vital part of primary mathematics, helping children develop spatial awareness, precise mathematical vocabulary, and the ability to describe and classify the shapes they encounter in everyday life. The 15 worksheets are organised across 3 weeks of progressive daily practice. Week 1 focuses on 2D shapes, where children identify, name, and describe common flat shapes by counting their sides and vertices, exploring lines of symmetry, and sorting shapes by their properties. Week 2 moves to 3D shapes, introducing children to cubes, cuboids, spheres, cones, cylinders, and pyramids, and teaching them to describe these shapes using faces, edges, and vertices. Week 3 brings 2D and 3D shapes together, challenging children to compare flat and solid shapes, identify 2D shapes on the faces of 3D shapes, and solve problems that require understanding of both. Every worksheet includes fluency questions for building confident shape recognition and property recall, word problems set in real-life and practical contexts, and reasoning challenges that ask children to sort, compare, explain, and justify their thinking about shapes. This three-section structure develops both factual shape knowledge and deeper geometric reasoning. Parents can support shape learning at home by going on shape hunts around the house or garden, building models from boxes and tubes, and discussing the shapes you see in everyday objects. Teachers will find these worksheets ideal for reinforcing practical geometry lessons, as structured homework, or as a complete three-week shapes unit. Through these worksheets, children will develop confident recognition and description of 2D and 3D shapes, the ability to sort and classify shapes by their properties, and the skills to compare flat and solid shapes. These geometry skills are required by the National Curriculum for Year 2.
2D Shapes
Week 12 · 5 worksheets
3D Shapes
Week 13 · 5 worksheets
2D & 3D Shapes
Week 14 · 5 worksheets
2D & 3D Shapes
Year 2Week 14
2D & 3D Shapes
Year 2Week 14
2D & 3D Shapes
Year 2Week 14
2D & 3D Shapes
Year 2Week 14
2D & 3D Shapes
Year 2Week 14
Frequently Asked Questions
- What shapes should a Year 2 child know?
- Year 2 children should identify and describe 2D shapes including circles, triangles, rectangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons. They should also recognise 3D shapes including cubes, cuboids, spheres, cones, cylinders, and pyramids, and describe them using faces, edges, and vertices.
- How many shapes worksheets are available for Year 2?
- There are 15 worksheets covering three weeks: 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and comparing 2D and 3D shapes. Each week has 5 daily worksheets with fluency, word problems, and reasoning sections.
- How do I help my child learn about shapes at home?
- Go on shape hunts around the house and garden, naming the 2D and 3D shapes you find. Build models using boxes, tubes, and balls to explore faces, edges, and vertices. Use building bricks to create shapes and discuss their properties. Draw shapes and count their sides and corners together. The more real-world shape experience your child gets, the stronger their geometry skills will become.
- What shape questions appear in the KS1 SATs?
- The KS1 SATs may include questions that ask children to name shapes, count sides and vertices, identify shapes from descriptions, sort shapes by properties, recognise 2D shapes on the faces of 3D shapes, and explain differences between similar shapes. Our worksheets prepare children for all of these question types.