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→"Shape Hunt"
Combines the counting activity of "How Many Things?" and the matching skills introduced in "Make a Match." The display screen is divided into two sections - the top portion is the "sky," and the bottom section is the "sea." The left corner of the sky shows a flashing shape. In the sea are several shapes, some matching the shape in the sky and some different. The child counts the shapes that match the one in the sky and presses that number on the keyboard. If correct, the matching shapes disappear from the sea one at a time and reappear, with accompanying musical tones, in the sky. The activity is repeated eight times.
====Sorting Activity====
This activity continues teaching the important concepts of sameness and difference by asking the child to pick out a shape that is ''unlike'' the other shapes that appear on the display screen. Selection by difference is a more sophisticated skill than the matching exercises presented in the Shape activities, and the activity helps develop your child's problem-solving abilities.
====="Odd One Out"=====
Uses five shapes to reinforce the ability to discriminate between "same" and "different." Four shapes, numbered 1 through 4, appear on the screen. Three of the shapes are identical, and one is different. The child identifies the shape that "doesn't belong," determines its number, and presses that number on the keyboard. If correct, the number pops on the center of the display screen and remains there, flashing, for several seconds. Then the screen clears and four more shapes appear. The activity is repeated eight times.
