Puzzles topics for ages 5–6

Riddles, lateral thinking, codes and logic grids. The subject with no syllabus, kept because it is the one children choose on their own.

First-year school work, written to be read aloud. Short sentences, everything a toy the child touches, and nothing timed or scored.

20 topics · 120 hands-on stations · 1 free to try

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How to Look

Good eyes go slowly. 👀

Fast eyes miss things. Be a slow snail. 🐌
Count in both pictures. Is one gone? 🍎🍎
A red hat can turn blue. 🔴🔵
One thing can grow bigger. 🐘

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Free printable worksheet

Ten questions from Spot the Difference 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 Puzzles topics at this age

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Spot the Difference
Free

Two pictures. One little change. Find it! 🔍

👀 How to Look · 🔎 Find the Change · ✌️ Same or Different · 🐱 Where Is the Cat? · 🔄 What Kind of Change? · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Find the Hidden Thing

Something is hiding. Go and find it! 🙈

🌳 Good Hiding Spots · 🦚 Peek Behind the Leaves · 🔎 Who Is Hiding? · 🏞️ Who Hides Where? · 🧺 Easy or Hard to See · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Which Shadow?

Every thing makes a black shape. 🌑

🌞 What Is a Shadow? · 📏 The Shadow Grows · 🖤 Match the Shadow · 🔎 Pick the Right Shadow · 🧺 Long or Short? · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Simple Mazes

Find the way out. Try again if stuck! 🌀

🧰 Maze Tips · 🧀 Walk to the Cheese · ↔️ Which Way? · 1️⃣ How to Do a Maze · 🧺 Way Out or Dead End? · 🎯 Practice Zone
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Counting in Order

Join 1, 2, 3 and see a picture! 🔢

⚫ Dots Appear · 1️⃣ Numbers in Order · ➡️ What Number Next? · 🍎 Number and Things · 🧺 Small or Big Number · 🎯 Practice Zone