Year 2 Position and direction worksheet

“Where is it?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 maths unit “Position and direction”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 30 of the year, 5 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Where is it?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can describe where things are using left, right, above, below and between.

A Look back3 min

1.
A 20p coin and a 5p coin make p.
2.
15 - 9 =
3.
How many sides does a hexagon have?

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola draws a small map of his street on a grid.

Watch me

Find the tree and the house.

The house is on the right of the tree.

So the tree is on the left of the house.

Now you

1.
The pond is ___ the shop.
abovebelow

C Your turn6 min

Read each sentence. Circle the words that fit the grid.

1.
The tree is ___ the house.
to the left ofto the right of
2.
The house is ___ the tree.
abovebelow
3.
The house is ___ the tree and the pond.
betweenabove
4.
The pond is ___ the house.
abovebelow

Say it out loud: Which word changed from one row to the next, and which stayed the same?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Ali says: “The tree is to the right of the house.”

1.
Which side of the house is the tree on?
leftright

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Write two sentences about this map. In one, use left or right. In the other, use between.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Where is it? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 25p

2. 6

3. 6

B

1. above If your child picks below, ask which object is higher up the grid. Higher rows are further up the picture.

C

1. to the left of If your child picks right, they may be reading from the house towards the tree. Ask: which one is on the left side of the picture?

2. above If your child picks below, check which object is higher up the grid. Higher rows are further up.

3. between If your child picks above, check whether the house is higher or in the sideways middle. The house sits between the tree and the pond, on the same row.

4. below If your child picks above, ask which object is lower down the grid. Lower rows are nearer the bottom of the picture.

D

1. left If your child circles right, they may be mixing up left and right. Hold both hands up with fingernails facing you. The hand that makes an L is the left hand.

E

1. Look for: two sentences: one uses left or right correctly, and one says the pond is between the shop and the tree

Words to use

Say“Which side is your L hand? Now tell me where the tree is.”

Instead of“Tell them they got it right and move on.”

After the sheet

Put three cups or socks on a table in a row. Ask your child to describe where one is, using left, right, above or between.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

4 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Which way is forwards?(with a plan)
Turning around the clock(with a plan)
Directions and turns(with a plan)
Patterns that repeat(with a plan)

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