Spatial Awareness: Spatial perception activities and worksheets

This Spatial Awareness Activity resource is designed to support children’s spatial perceptual development.
Spatial awareness is knowing where your body is in space in relation to objects or other people. To have good spatial awareness, you also need to understand and respond to a change in position from these objects. This is a complex skill that children develop from an early age.
Spatial perception is the ability to perceive an object’s position in relation to yourself or in relation to other items. It implies the ability to perceive which way an object or symbol is positioned/turned. For some children, this skill is difficult to develop, although there are lots of activities parents can do to promote spatial awareness
This resource includes various hands-on activities to practice visual-spatial skills needed for early spatial cognition and spatial planning. It has easier and more challenging exercises. Easier activities can be used from age 4 and can be graded and used for children to age 9 that needs more challenging activities
8 Position Flashcards
6 Opposite DIY puzzles
7 Position worksheets
6 Spatial perception grid games
7 design copying worksheets
11 Spatial directional worksheets
3 Spatial planning and problem-solving worksheets

56 PDF printable pages. The activities can be laminated for repeated use and easy cleaning. This resource is not language-specific.