Odd-One-Out (intermediate)

Our Odd-One-Out game flips the matching paradigm of the previous games on its head. In this game, a child must find the bug that does NOT match any of the other bugs, and place it in the jar.

This game follows a typical odd-one-out scenario, starting with puzzles in which the “odd bug” differs from the others in color, shape, pattern, or orientation.

Level 3: Notice the color

Level 4: Notice the shape

Level 16: Notice the pattern

Level 17: Notice the orientation

As with the matching games, this game really gets interesting (and challenging!) when a child is presented with scenarios that require simultaneous attention to multiple cues. For example, in level 19, a child is presented with four bugs that are all the same shape and three bugs that are all the same color. Fixating on only one cue at a time (either color or shape) will not be helpful for finding the answer. Only by noticing BOTH color and shape can a child pick the one bug that does NOT match the others in both categories.

Level 19: Notice color and shape to find the one bug that does not belong

Subsequent levels introduce an ever-increasing number of distractors and force a child to attend to three and eventually four cues at a time. These more advanced levels are ideal for practicing multi-cue responding.

Level 32: Notice color, shape and pattern

Level 49: Notice color, shape, pattern and orientation