Analytical topics for ages 7–8
The reasoning no subject teaches directly: spotting patterns, following a rule, working backwards from a result, and telling a sound argument from a plausible one.
The years where fluency arrives. Topics assume confident counting and reading, and start asking the child to explain why an answer works.
20 topics · 120 hands-on stations · 1 free to try
Patterns Everywhere
A pattern is something that repeats. Find the rule and you can guess what comes next.
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Black, white, black, white. The same rule again and again. 🦓
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Monday to Sunday, then it starts again. A ring of 7 days.
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Red, then amber, then green. Then back to red again.
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Petal, dot, petal, dot. Round and round the circle.
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Free printable worksheet
Ten questions from Patterns and Rules on one page, with an answer key at the bottom — a PDF you can print for homework, a car journey or a classroom. No account needed and nothing to sign up for.
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A few of the Analytical topics at this age
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Find the rule that repeats, then you can guess what is next
👀 Patterns Everywhere · 🔮 What Comes Next? · 🧱 Build the Pattern · 🗂️ Repeat or Grow? · 🧩 Find the Repeating Bit · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Number Patterns
Look at the gap between the numbers to find the rule
🦘 Look at the Gap · 🔍 Find the Gap · 🖐️ Counting in Fives · 🗂️ Which Jump? · 🕳️ The Missing Number · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Shape Patterns
Check shape, then colour, then size — one thing at a time
📋 Three Things to Check · 🔮 What Comes Next? · 📈 Watch a Shape Grow · 🗂️ What Is Changing? · 🔢 Put the Steps in Order · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Odd One Out
Find what THREE of them share, and the fourth pops out
🧠 The Three Trick · 🔤 Odd Word Out · 🔢 Odd Number Out · 🗂️ Sort into Groups · 🏷️ Name the Group · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Sorting and Grouping
Pick one question and ask it about every single thing
❓ One Question at a Time · 🌱 Alive or Not Alive? · 🦵 Count the Legs · 🏷️ Which Group? · 🕵️ Guess the Rule · 🎯 Practice Zone
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