Description
Box of Belonging (Pre-Reader) is a grouping and association puzzle. Each challenge presents a list of recognizable images, such as cat, plane, train, and cow. Then it asks you to sort them into a specific number of groups, like “2 groups of 2”.
You can probably see the answer already. In this puzzle, the cat and the cow belong together (both animals!), as do the plane and train (both vehicles!)
The puzzles start small and simple like that, but grow to more images with harder connections to figure out over time. It’s a pre-reader, image-based version of the NYT Connections puzzle, if you’re familiar with that.
The puzzle can be played physically, by cutting out the image squares of each puzzle and placing them on the solution squares. It can also be played by simply drawing the images into the squares, or even by just pointing at those that you think should be a group.
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Product Contents
- Front Page explaining the puzzle (text + images + example)
- 25 Box of Belonging Puzzles
- Answer Sheet
Fine Details
| Detail | Value |
| Age | 3 |
| Categories | grouping, association |
| Color | true |
| Language | en |
| Level | 1 |
| Player Count | 1 |
| Subject | mathematics |
| Textless | true |
Subject: Mathematics
The curriculum is split into six main subjects that align with your typical school subjects.
This resource is part of the Mathematics subject. Below is a summary:
This subject teaches Mathematics from first principles to calculus. Level 1 explores the basic skills needed before you do any counting or see any numbers (such as grouping and comparing objects). Level 2(+) can then introduce numbers, counting, addition, multiplication, and more.
Faction: Puzzlepages
This resource is part of the Puzzlepages Faction.
But that's just one way to teach and explore its topic(s)!
You can always move to a different Faction to find a more effective way to teach the same topic.
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Charm: Educational Puzzle
This product is part of the Educational Puzzle charm.
Visit its main page to learn more about what that means. Below is a summary:
Educational Puzzles are logic puzzles meant to build and strengthen specific skills. They are physical puzzles that must be played with pen and paper or by moving physical pieces.
Famous examples of such puzzles are Sudokus or Crosswords, but our resources show you can take it much further.
Spell: My First Groups
This resource is part of the My First Groups topic (or "spell").
Earlier topics taught you to compare objects and check if they match or not. This allows you to GROUP matching things together! This is the final step towards counting (in the next level). Because, well, counting is nothing more than adding things to the same ‘group’, and then attaching a number to that.
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