Same But Different

Encourage players to use as many words as they can to describe what they see – smooshed, turned, side, corner, straight, colors, and so on. Some children might start out by pointing to what they notice about same and different. You can model how to use words to describe what they’re pointing to. For example, “Oh, you’re noticing that this triangle looks more stretched and narrow, but the other one looks like it has three sides that are the same length.”