Description
Amazon.com
Based on the ancient game of tangrams, Shape by Shape is the quietly absorbing game of fitting 14 pieces inside a puzzle frame. Not as simple as it sounds, players are challenged to match the image on each of 60 cards using six red pieces to form the card's subject and eight yellow pieces to form its background. If needed, hints on the back of each card will aid the player. In addition to the 60 puzzles provided there are 27,268 ways to arrange the pieces inside the puzzle frame. Children who can draw up a master list will be well on their way to brilliant careers in math or engineering. This compact, nicely designed game includes a plastic drawer below the puzzle frame to hold the cards. --Wendy Slotboom
Product Description
Shape by Shape is one of ThinkFun's fun stem toys for boys and girls, and is a winner of the National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval. It's a creative pattern logic game that comes with 60 challenges of increasing difficulty, from beginner to expert, and is one of the best gifts you can buy for kids who like smart games and a challenge. Shape by Shape is made with high quality components, and comes with a very clear and easy to understand instruction manual - you'll be able to play within minutes of opening the box. Like all of ThinkFun's games, Shape by Shape is built to develop critical thinking skills. Playing through the increasingly difficult challenges will improve logical reasoning and visual perception skills, all through fun gameplay.
From the Manufacturer
Shape by Shape provides players with an abstract view of the world as they match red and yellow puzzle tiles to images on one of sixty challenge cards. Puzzle shapes have similar geometry to Tangram pieces. It is a great introduction to conceptual thinking and spatial relationships. It features sixty mind challenge cards with hints and solutions, fourteen pattern pieces, and one game tray.
Review
Sixty pattern matching puzzles offer two levels of hints to help players sharpen their spatial skills. (Ruth B. Roufberg, Parent's Choice®, 1997) -- From Parents' Choice®
Features
- HIGH QUALITY - Puzzle shapes have similar geometry to Tangram pieces, contains fourteen pattern pieces, a game tray, and 60 mind challenging puzzles for ages 8+.
- AWARD WINNER - Learning Magazine Teachers' Choice for the Classroom Award, National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval, and more.
- CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS - Easy to learn with a clear, high quality instruction manual. You can start playing immediately!
- DEVELOPS CRITICAL SKILLS - Players build visual perception and logical reasoning skills through fun gameplay.
- COMES WITH MULTI-LEVEL CHALLENGES - Shape by Shape comes with 60 beginner to expert challenges that become increasingly difficult as you play through them.