The Spatial Awareness parts of the Kent Test can be quite challenging for some children, so here’s a a little activity I’ve created for my students. You will need some blank plastic dice – you can get these for about £2.50 on ebay.

I’ve put a downloadable sheet on our Links and Resources page.

 

Spatial awareness dice activity (requires blank dice)

 

• Draw a different pattern on each face of the dice using wipeable felt pens – to begin with use a different colour for each face but as you become more confident reduce the colours. 
• Place the dice at an angle so you can see 3 sides. Draw what you see. 
• Rotate the dice and draw the new view. 
• How many different views can you get? 
• Make a net of your cube. 
• Cut it out and check that it is the same as your dice.