Outdoor Maths Activities — Quick Reference Cards (Ages 3–12) | No-Prep EYFS, KS1 & KS2

Some of the best maths lessons don't need a single worksheet — just a patch of ground and a handful of sticks.

This is your at-a-glance planning companion for taking maths outdoors. Two landscape sheets lay out a whole curriculum's worth of quick outdoor maths activities in a simple grid: core topics across the top, age bands down the side, and two ready-to-go ideas in every box. No lesson to write, no kit to buy, no laminating marathon — just find the topic, find the age, and you've got an activity you can run in the next five minutes.

What's included

• Sheet 1 — Ages 3–7 (Early Years, Year 1, Year 2 / EYFS & KS1): counting, add & subtract, number bonds, shape, measure, pattern & sorting, position & direction.
• Sheet 2 — Ages 7–12 (Year 3–4, Year 5, Year 6–7 / lower & upper KS2): place value, multiply & divide, fractions & decimals, measure, shape & angles, coordinates & position, data & averages.
• 84 activities in total — two per box, so you can pick whichever suits the day or run both.
• Print-ready A4 PDF, landscape, designed to live on your planning wall or clipboard.

Why teachers love it

• Genuinely no-prep. Every activity uses natural loose parts and chalk — nothing to print, cut or resource.
• Works in any outdoor space, from a full forest school site to a corner of the playground.
• Covers the core maths strands from EYFS through upper KS2, so it slots straight into your existing planning.
• Built by a forest school leader and primary teacher — activities that actually work with a class outside, not just on paper.

How to use it
Print both sheets, pop them where you plan, and use them as a spark for outdoor maths sessions, brain-break challenges, early-finisher tasks, or a full lesson. Ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, forest school leaders and home educators.

Take the maths outside — the whole class will thank you for it.