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Ideas for playing: Match Shapes and Colors, Numbers and Quantities

A good tip for getting the tiles into the tube: Stack all the tiles up, and slip the tube on from the top!

Game rules and game varieties for Match Shapes and Colors,
Numbers and Quantities:

  1. Match tiles in groups of two, three or four:
    Two hearts Three pentagons Four tiles that equals the number five
    The tiles should be matched according to their shapes, colors, numbers or quantities. For example: Can you find two heart-shaped figures? Can you find three pentagons or pentagon-shaped figures? Can you find four tiles that equal the number five?
  2. Mini Match:
    Select only a few Matches from the box and play with these. This way you will get an easier game, which might be a good idea when you first introduce the game to your child. You can also select only a few tiles with all of the following game variations.
  3. Play with shapes:
    Can you find one square, one triangle and one circle? Can you pick out two stars?
  4. Play with colors:

    How many tiles with something yellow on them can you find? All the boats have got different colors on their sails; can you name some of the colors?

  5. Play with numbers:

    Arrange the numbers. Say the name of each number out loud: "One, two, three...". Can you find the number 4? Number 2 is orange; can you find number 2?

  6. Play with quantities:

    Can you find a tile with five things on it? How many carrots has the bunny got? Can you find two tiles that add up to nine (for example 6 and 3)?

    Bunny
  7. Play with sizes:
    Tiles arranged from smallest to largest
    Can you arrange the squares from smallest to largest? Which circle is the smallest one? Which of the triangles is the biggest one? Which star is not the biggest and not the smallest, but in between?
  8. Talk about the pictures:
    Pick out some of the picture tiles and talk about what you see. What shape is the ball? Who do you think might be playing with the ball? Where do you go to play with a ball?
  9. Sing a song:

    Use the tiles as singing cards, for example:
    Twinkle twinkle little star
    Itsy bitsy spider
    1, 2, Buckle My Shoe

  10. Make a story:
    Make a story
    Pick out some of the picture tiles and make your own story. If there are several kids, each child can get one tile, and then they can all make up a story together: "Once upon a time there was a big brown bear who had been sleeping all Winter..."
  11. Count the sides of the shapes:

    How many sides are there in a triangle? Can you count the sides of the squares?

  12. Play memory:
    Pick out some of the tiles. Mix and turn them upside down. Find two and two matches.
  13. Work with concepts and opposites:
    The bear is asleep, what is the opposite of being asleep? Do you think that it is cold or warm outside the bear's lair? What about inside?
  14. Work with prepositions:
    Which cakes are on the top shelf? Which ones are one the bottom shelf? Is the baker in front of the cakes or behind the cakes?
  15. Find your friends:
    In a group with several children, you can hand out one tile to each of them. They should then walk around and try to find their partners, the other children with the matching tiles to theirs.