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Color does not matter

Color does not matter: a free Kindergarten math game for ages 5-6. Each round draws 5 questions; instructions are read aloud and every answer is checked and explained.

How it plays and why it helps

To a young child, a red square and a blue square can seem like two different things. Color does not matter is a Kindergarten game that pulls those ideas apart. One shape is shown, a yellow square, for example. Your child taps the same shape among four, and the right one always comes in another color. Some cards turn it as well. The instruction is read aloud, five shapes make a round, and every answer is checked and explained with sides and corners.

A shape is defined by its sides and corners: four equal sides and four corners make a square, whatever its color or direction. Learning to ignore what does not matter is a big step in geometry. The hint asks the right question. Count the sides and the corners.

In each card, a decoy keeps the color and changes the shape, such as a yellow rectangle beside the yellow square. Matching colors is the older habit. Ask, "Same sides, or just the same color?" When the right one is chosen, name the reason: "You counted corners, not colors."

Aligned with

  • K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
  • K.G.B.4 Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/"corners") and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).

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