Overlapping ShapesLevel 4 · No. 2
Four parts. 4 choices, each picture tilted.
Aimsshape synthesis / figure-ground / visual discrimination / form constancy and mental rotation
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About this worksheet
| Questions | 3 (choose from 4) |
|---|---|
| Parts | 4 per question |
| Wrong choices | look-alike swap (7), only how parts face each other (2) |
| Tilt | yes (15–40° each) |
- Some choices differ only in how the parts face each other. Watch whether your child checks which way a triangle's corner or a line points.
Aims of this activity
- Putting several shapes together in the mind and picturing the result (shape synthesis)
- Picking out each shape among overlapping lines (figure-ground)
- Telling apart look-alike shapes, such as a hexagon and an octagon or patterns with a different number of dots (visual discrimination)
- Judging whether a tilted picture is the same by how the shapes face each other (form constancy and mental rotation)
Your child stacks all the shapes (parts) in the box on top of each other at the center and circles the picture they make.Your child looks for each part in the pictures and chooses the one where every part is there.In each wrong choice, just one part has been swapped for a look-alike shape.The pictures all look equally neat, so your child has to check the parts one by one.At higher levels there are more parts.From Level 3 some choices differ only in how the parts face each other, and at Levels 4 and 5 the pictures are tilted.The activity aims to build the ability to see how shapes fit together.
Code at the bottom right: katachi-kasane-L4-q3-p4-c4
Tips
- Point to the parts in the box one at a time and check whether each one is in a picture. Circle the picture that has every part.
- A picture that matches when the whole picture is turned counts as the same. A tilted picture is correct if it matches when turned.
For what to say, choosing a level and what to do if it is too hard, see Overlapping Shapes: a guide for grown-ups.
