About this game

The strip just as long

The strip just as long: 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

Matching a length is harder when the colors argue. The strip just as long shows a model strip, then four strips, and your child taps the one that is just as long. In this Kindergarten game five cards make a round, the instruction is read aloud, and every answer is checked and explained: the right strip ends at the same place as the model, and the color does not matter.

Equal length means the same start and the same end; nothing else counts. The game tests that on purpose. The right answer always wears a different color from the model, and the models run from 3 to 7 squares, so eyes have to travel to the end every time.

One choice wears the model's color and is always longer: a yellow strip of 6 beside a yellow model of 3. Matching colors feels like matching. Ask, "Same color, or same end?" Praise the check: "You matched the ends, not the colors."

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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