Description
Chainsharks is a physical puzzle about learning to compare size. And, at later levels, position and rotation.
It’s a physical puzzle. You cut out a few fish tokens beforehand. Then, each puzzle tells you how to “set up” ( = where to place a few fish), and you solve it by physically moving the fishes around.
There are only two rules: fishes move forwards, and big fish eat small fish!
And there’s a simple objective: you win when only a single fish remains.
This turns it into a very simple and tactile puzzle that both young and old will enjoy. Each difficulty level adds a “special power” to one of the fishes, which allows keeping the puzzles small and simple … but still challenging.
The first power you learn—and arguably the most important one—is the one that gave the puzzle its name. After eating a fish, the Shark rotates to match that fish. This allows it to chain multiple bites after another, clearing the entire puzzle if you do it right. Hence, Chainsharks ;)
Play the puzzles to find out what all the other fun fishes do!
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Product Contents
- Front Page explaining the puzzle (text + images + example)
- Material Cut-out Sheet
- 25 Chainshark Puzzles
- Answer Sheet
Fine Details
| Detail | Value |
| Age | 3 |
| Categories | comparing, physical |
| 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.
Played a quiz? Try a game! Played a game? Try an escape room! And so on.
For example,
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 Comparisons
This resource is part of the My First Comparisons topic (or "spell").
Earlier topics taught Apprentices to identify if things are the same or not. This topic takes the next step: HOW are they different? This also gently introduces the idea of sequencing: putting things in order based on … something.
Use the buttons below to navigate to the previous or next topic in the curriculum.