Remember and Find: ShapesLevel 5 · No. 2

Aims of this activity

• Keeping what you saw in mind after it is out of sight (visual memory)
• Noticing the features of a shape and comparing carefully (visual discrimination)
• Using what you remember to find targets among many (visual search)

Your child remembers the symbols on the top half of the page, folds the page along the dotted line in the middle to hide them, and then finds and circles every matching symbol on the bottom half.Each symbol is an outer shape with a mark inside, so it is hard to put into words and has to be remembered as a picture.The activity aims to build the ability to keep what you saw in mind, and to compare shapes closely.At higher levels, there are more symbols to remember, and look-alike symbols with only the same outer shape or only the same mark are mixed in.

Code at the bottom right: oboeru-oboesagasu-L5-skigou-t4-n16-d6

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).
• Then fold the page backward along the dotted line in the middle ("Fold here") to hide the top half, and search on the bottom half.
• The "Find" number next to the bottom instruction shows how many to find.
• When checking, unfold the page and compare with the symbols at the top to see what was remembered and what got mixed up.
• One or two pages at a time is plenty.