Learning Map

Geometry

Shape, symmetry, position and angles — 69 skills across 11 years. Every skill below shows what it builds on and how to tell your child has it.

Mathematics69 skillsages 4–15

Grouped by the age children typically start each skill. Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace.

Around age 4

2-D shapesages 4–6AC ✓ 3-D shapesages 4–6AC ✓ Positional Languageages 4–6AC ✓

Around age 5

3-D shapes (age 5+)ages 5–6AC ✓ Building & Drawing Shapesages 5–6AC ✓ Combining Simple Shapesages 5–6 Flat vs Solid Shapesages 5–6AC ✓ Turns & Directionsages 5–6AC ✓

Around age 6

2-D faces on 3-D shapesages 6–7AC ✓ 2-D shapes (age 6+)ages 6–7AC ✓ Angles in triangles (age 6+)ages 6–7AC ✓ Building with 3-D Shapesages 6–7 Composing Shapesages 6–7AC ✓ Edges, vertices, and facesages 6–7AC ✓ Patterns & Sequencesages 6–7AC ✓ Position, direction, and movementages 6–7AC ✓ Sorting 2-D and 3-D shapesages 6–7AC ✓

Around age 7

2-D shapes (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Angles in triangles (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Parallel and perpendicular linesages 7–8AC ✓ Right Angles & Turnsages 7–8AC ✓ Understanding anglesages 7–8AC ✓

Around age 8

2-D shapes (age 8+)ages 8–10AC ✓ Coordinates (age 8+)ages 8–9 Describing Movementsages 8–9AC ✓ First Quadrant Coordinatesages 8–9AC ✓ Lines of symmetryages 8–9AC ✓ Nets of 3-D Shapesages 8–11AC ✓ Transformations on a gridages 8–12AC ✓ Types of anglesages 8–9AC ✓ Types of angles (age 8+)ages 8–12AC ✓ Understanding angles (age 8+)ages 8–9AC ✓

Around age 9

3-D shapes (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓ Angle Sum Rulesages 9–10AC ✓ Classifying shapes by line propertiesages 9–10AC ✓ Degrees and turnsages 9–10AC ✓ Estimating Anglesages 9–10AC ✓ Lines, Rays & Anglesages 9–10AC ✓ Measuring anglesages 9–10AC ✓ Measuring angles (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓ Regular and irregular polygonsages 9–10AC ✓ Transformations on a Gridages 9–10AC ✓ Understanding angles (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓ What Is an Angle?ages 9–10AC ✓

Around age 10

2-D shapes (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ 3-D shapes (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Angles in triangles (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Classifying shapes by propertiesages 10–11AC ✓ Coordinates (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Numbers on a number lineages 10–11AC ✓ Parts of a circleages 10–11 Plotting points in the first quadrantages 10–11AC ✓ Translating and reflecting shapesages 10–11AC ✓ Understanding angles (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓

Around age 11

3-D shapes (age 11+)ages 11–13AC ✓ Angle sums in triangles and polygonsages 11–14 Angles in triangles (age 11+)ages 11–14AC ✓ Coordinate Transformationsages 11–14AC ✓ Measuring angles (age 11+)ages 11–13AC ✓ Properties of triangles and quadrilateralsages 11–13AC ✓ Types of angles (age 11+)ages 11–13AC ✓ Understanding angles (age 11+)ages 11–13AC ✓

Around age 12

Angles in triangles (age 12+)ages 12–14 Angles with parallel linesages 12–14 Circles: Circumference & Areaages 12–14 Coordinates (age 12+)ages 12–14 Understanding angles (age 12+)ages 12–14

Around age 13

Trigonometry basicsages 13–15 Types of angles (age 13+)ages 13–14

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