Dot Mirror

What you need

• Printouttemplate on A4
• Yarn piecesor pipe cleaners
• Buttonsor pom-poms, caps

How to play

1. 1Find: spread all cards out. You describe one card, your child finds it.
2. 2Mirror: your child reads a card backwards, right to left.
3. 3Pairs: find the two cards with the same six colors in different positions.
4. 4Rebuild: show a connection card for 5 seconds and lay it out with yarn.

Make it harder

• ★Memory style with only a 3-second look.
• ★Rebuild a card rotated 180 degrees.
• ★Mix two cards and find the differences.

What your child practices

• Memory
• Mirrored thinking
• Comparing

Printable templates

Sheet 1 of 11Eight dot cards with six colors each. The base for Find and Pairs.Sheet 2 of 11The empty dot board with no lines.Sheet 3 of 11Arc from blue to green, curving around yellow.Sheet 4 of 11Two lines crossing in the middle.Sheet 5 of 11Three vertical pairs side by side.Sheet 6 of 11Two short diagonals, one above, one below.Sheet 7 of 11Two curved lines that cross each other.Sheet 8 of 11Star: all six outer dots lead to the yellow center.Sheet 9 of 11Long S-curve from purple through blue to red.Sheet 10 of 11Arc from pink to red, plus a vertical pair on the right.Sheet 11 of 11A roof on top and a roof below, two arcs.

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• Action SpiralEach color stands for a movement. Work the spiral from outside in.age 5+ · 4-6 min