Outdoor Maths — Activity Cards
Eight outdoor maths activities — measure a tree, count seeds, perimeter of the playground, symmetry hunt, angle spotting, estimation walk, time-and-distance, leaf fractions.
Preview
Page count: 10. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Apply maths concepts in real outdoor contexts — measurement, estimation, geometry, time, fractions.
About this resource
- Subject: Outdoor & Forest School
- Type: Activity Pack
- Grade levels: Kindergarten (ages 4-6, ≈ Reception / Y1), Grade 1 (ages 6-7, ≈ Year 2), Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6)
- Pages: 10
- Date added: 2026-09-20
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Outdoor maths reading and equipment
Resources to extend the outdoor maths approach — both for planning and for the playground.
Professional reading
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M
Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years — Juliet Robertson
EYFS-Y2 outdoor maths bible - D Dirty Teaching: A Beginner's Guide to Learning Outdoors — Juliet Robertson
Equipment
- T Trundle wheel measuring 1m
- T Tape measure 30m school
- O Outdoor weatherproof number cards 1-100
- S Stopwatch class set
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