About this game

Same shapes, same places

Same shapes, same places: 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

A grid is a map in miniature. Same shapes, same places shows a Kindergarten child a model grid with two or three shapes, an orange circle and an orange square, for example. Four grids below try to copy it. Your child taps the one with the same shapes in the same places. Five grids make a round, the instruction is read aloud, and each answer is checked.

Position is part of what a picture says. A circle on the left and a circle on the right are the same shape in different places, and the grid makes that visible. The hint gives the order of work: check each shape, then its place.

Every card also offers a grid with the first shape alone. It matches as far as it goes, so a quick eye can stop there. Another grid swaps the two shapes. Ask, "Is anything missing from this grid?" Praise the full check: "You checked every cell, even the empty ones."

Aligned with

  • K.G.A.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

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