About this game

Say which is longer

Say which is longer: 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

Which straw is longer? Most children answer with a pointing finger. Ask for a full sentence and it gets harder. Say which is longer is a Kindergarten game about that sentence. Two colored strips start from the same line, and your child taps the true sentence from four, such as "The blue strip is shorter than the green strip." Some strips end together, so as long as is sometimes the answer. Five cards make a round, read aloud, and every answer is checked and explained.

Comparing is half the work; saying it is the other half. Longer, shorter and as long as are the words of measurement. Each sentence also has an order: the first strip named is the one being described.

The tricky choice keeps the right word and swaps the colors: the green strip is shorter than the blue one. Both colors are there, so it sounds right. It is not. Ask, "Which strip is the sentence about?" Praise the careful reading: "You checked which color came first."

Aligned with

  • K.MD.A.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
  • K.MD.A.2 Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.

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