Description
Shapefruit is a spatial grouping and (area) division puzzle. It can be played physically, by cutting out all the shapes and placing them on the puzzle. It can also be played by simply drawing the shapes around the fruit.
Each puzzle shows some fruit and the shape that they want around them. The shapes used are small and simple, such as “2 squares in a row” or a “corner”. You must place that shape such that it contains the fruit somewhere … but also such that no shapes overlap and the whole puzzle ends up covered.
Those simple rules already create a plethora of nice and colorful puzzles. Later difficulties, though, add more nice twists, such as hiding the shape that each fruit wants (you must figure out the only shape that works!).
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Product Contents
- Front Page explaining the puzzle (text + images + example)
- Material Cut-out Sheet
- 25 Shapefruit Puzzles
- Answer Sheet
Fine Details
| Detail | Value |
| Age | 3 |
| Categories | grouping, physical, shapes, spatial-awareness |
| 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 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.
Use the buttons below to navigate to the previous or next topic in the curriculum.