Printable
Woodland Shape Hunt
Take a printed hunt sheet into the woods, the park or the garden and search for circles, spirals, symmetry and straight lines in bark, leaves, seeds and shadows.
Ages
3-5, 5-7
Level
EYFS, KS1
Subject
Maths
Duration
45 min
What you'll need
- Printed hunt sheet
- Pencil
- A bag for treasures
What the learner will explore
- Naming 2D shapes
- Symmetry in nature
- Sorting and describing
How to do it
- 1
Print the sheet and choose your patch of outdoors.
- 2
Tick or draw each shape as you find it.
- 3
Collect two or three natural treasures to sort at home.
- 4
Lay them out and describe what you notice.
Make it easier
Look for three shapes only, and photograph instead of drawing.
Make it harder
Sort finds by number of sides and record a tally.
Try it differently
Do the whole hunt as a race, or swap the woods for a high street.
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