sort groups
Drag them into the boxes here
Find the rule
Level 2
Find the three that go together. Then the other three.
Why it helps:
Categories: sorting a whole set by one rule and saying why, like tidying toys away.
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activity
Play it here
Numbers and counting
Level 1
The animals say how many they want. Can you give them just enough?
On this page
- 1Your child asks the first animal how many snacks it wants.
- 2You are that animal: "Three!" - any number. They count that many across.
- 3They ask the next animal. You answer for that one too.
- 4Back to the first: "I have three, but I want five." How many more?
- 5Then one complains: "That one has more!" Can they make it fair?
- 6Add animals to share between three or four. Start again brings back two.
At home, without a screen
- 1Sit two teddies down with a pile of raisins between them.
- 2Your child asks a teddy how many it wants. You answer for it: "three!"
- 3Then: "I have three, but I want five." How many more do they add?
- 4A teddy complains the other one has more. Can they make it fair?
6 minutes
You need: teddy, raisins
Why it helps:
Numbers and counting: making small amounts, adding to them, and sharing them out fairly.
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ask and find
Tap to rule them out here
Narrow it down
Level 3
I am thinking of one. Ask yes-or-no questions to find it.
Why it helps:
Asking good questions: finding the answer by ruling several out at once, not guessing one by one.
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size order
Compare
Level 1
Point to the biggest sky blue triangle.
Why it helps:
Size: comparing big and small by eye, like choosing the bigger slice of apple.
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ask and find
Tap to rule them out here
Narrow it down
Level 1
Listen to the clues. Which one is it?
Why it helps:
Narrowing down: using each clue to rule pictures out until only one is left.
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odd one out
Find the rule
Level 1
All but one belong together. Point to the one that does not.
Why it helps:
Categories and reasons: saying what the others share and why one does not fit.
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activity
Numbers and counting
Level 1
Six raisins, two of us. How do we share them fairly?
- 1Put out an even number of small things: six or eight.
- 2Ask them to share them fairly between the two of you.
- 3Count each share. Are they the same?
5 minutes
You need: raisins, plates
Why it helps:
Numbers and counting: sharing fairly by dealing one each, then counting to check.
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activity
See it their way
Level 1
One of us peeked in the box. The other did not. Who knows what is in it?
- 1Put a toy in a box and close the lid.
- 2One of you looks inside. The other keeps their eyes shut.
- 3Ask: who knows what is in the box? How do they know?
- 4Swap who looks, and ask again.
4 minutes
You need: box, toys
Why it helps:
Other minds: working out that people know what they have seen, and not what they have not.
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pattern sequence
Find the rule
Level 1
Point to the one that belongs in the empty box.
Which one goes in the box?
Why it helps:
Patterns: spotting what repeats and saying what comes next, like the days of the week.
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odd one out
Find the rule
Level 2
All but one belong together. Point to the one that does not.
Why it helps:
Categories and reasons: saying what the others share and why one does not fit.
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