Remember the Order: ShapesFree printable worksheets
Aims
- Keeping the order of what you saw in mind (visual memory and sequential memory)
- Noticing the features of a shape and telling shapes apart (visual discrimination)
- Moving the eyes from left to right in order (eye movements)
Your child remembers the order of the symbols lined up from left to right on the top half of the page, folds the page along the dotted line in the middle to hide them, and then writes in each box on the bottom half which position that symbol was in.Your child needs to remember not only which symbols were there, but also the order they were in.The activity aims to build the ability to keep the order of what you saw in mind, and to tell shapes apart.At Level 5, one look-alike symbol that was not at the top is mixed in, and your child writes × in its box.
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Levels
| Level 1 | Remember the order of 2 symbols. | 5 worksheets |
|---|---|---|
| Level 2 | Remember the order of 3 symbols. | 5 worksheets |
| Level 3 | Remember the order of 4 symbols. | 5 worksheets |
| Level 4 | Remember the order of 5 symbols. | 5 worksheets |
| Level 5 | Remember the order of 5 symbols. A look-alike that was not at the top is mixed in below, and gets an × in its box. | 5 worksheets |
Tips
- Show only the top half first, and wait until your child says "Got it!" There is no need to set a time limit.
- You can also time how long it takes to say "Got it!" and note it in the margin. It makes it easier to compare when you repeat the activity (the time to answer goes in the box at the bottom).
- The arrow at the top shows the reading direction, from left to right. Saying "Look at them in order from the left" helps.
- Then fold the page backward along the dotted line in the middle ("Fold here") to hide the top half, and write the numbers in the boxes on the bottom half.
- If writing numbers is hard, an adult can write them, or your child can point to the symbols in order.
- One or two pages at a time is plenty.
If it is too hard
- Go down one level.
- While remembering, point to each symbol in turn from the left.
If it is too easy
- Go up one level.
- Set a time limit for remembering (for example, 10 seconds).
- Wait a little after folding the page before starting to answer.
Worksheets
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Level 1Remember the order of 2 symbols.
Level 2Remember the order of 3 symbols.
Level 3Remember the order of 4 symbols.
Level 4Remember the order of 5 symbols.
Level 5Remember the order of 5 symbols. A look-alike that was not at the top is mixed in below, and gets an × in its box.
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