🏀 Shape Sports Arena — a free maths game for kids
Geometry with a commentator. Spot the rectangles on the court, then measure the play.
Shapes are everywhere in a sports ground — the backboard is a rectangle, the centre circle is a circle, the corner flag makes a right angle. Naming them in a real scene, then measuring the same scene, links shape vocabulary to perimeter and area rather than leaving them as separate chapters.
How to play
- 1Pick a sport — basketball, soccer, hockey or football.
- 2The commentator calls a shape. Tap every part of the scene that matches.
- 3Upper grades get perimeter, area and angle questions on the same court.
- 4In instant replay the play freezes and you answer a spatial question about the players.
Frequently asked questions
- Which shapes are covered?
- Circles, rectangles, squares, triangles and trapezoids first, then right angles, lines of symmetry, perimeter, area and coordinate positions.
- Do the sports matter?
- Only as scenery — no sports knowledge is required. The four arenas simply give different shapes to hunt.
- What is instant replay?
- A frozen play with a spatial question over it — which player is closest to goal, which path is shortest — using coordinates on the upper bands.
- Is Shape Sports free?
- Yes, free with no signup.