Learning Map
MathematicsGeometryusually ages 5–6

Building & Drawing Shapes

Model shapes by building from components (e.g. sticks and clay balls) and by drawing

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

Can your child build or draw a shape they've been shown — for example, making a cube from folded paper or copying a triangle onto dot paper?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on
3-D shapes (age 5+)ages 5–6Modelling shapes by building/drawing requires knowing their attributes (sides, vertices)
Building & Drawing Shapesthis skill · ages 5–6
Unlocks
Building with 3-D Shapesages 6–7Experience building/modelling shapes supports composing 3-D shapes

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9MFSP01low confidenceFoundation · Space

sort, name and create familiar shapes; recognise and describe familiar shapes within objects in the environment, giving reasons

AC9M2SP01low confidenceYear 2 · Space

recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as “opposite”, “parallel”, “curved” and “straight”

AC9M1SP01low confidenceYear 1 · Space

make, compare and classify familiar shapes; recognise familiar shapes and objects in the environment, identifying the similarities and differences between them

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

MA1-2DS-01medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Stage 1
MAE-2DS-01medium confidenceMathematics K-10 · Early Stage 1

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2M2SP01low confidenceMathematics · Level 2 · Space strand
VC2MFSP01low confidenceMathematics · Foundation · Space strand
VC2M1N06low confidenceMathematics · Level 1 · Number strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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

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