Reasoning — Classification · Multi-level picture sorting game

Master Sorting

Explore how visual objects are sorted and practise articulating the rule for each displayed level.

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📝 Description

Master Sorting is a colour-sorting puzzle that encourages planning, logic, and problem-solving. Learners arrange items into matching groups while building attention, sequencing, and strategic thinking skills.

📋 Instructions

Move the coloured balls between tubes until each tube contains matching colours. Plan each move carefully and complete the puzzle.

🎓 Learning Guide: Master Sorting

Learning focus: Explore how visual objects are sorted and practise articulating the rule for each displayed level.

Reasoning — Classification Multi-level picture sorting game

Learning objectives

Identify shared visible properties among candidate objects
Explain how one sort may differ from another level’s rule

Concepts and principles

Classification groups items by an explicitly chosen property.
The same item can belong to different groups under different rules; for example by material, purpose or shape.

Examples and worked solutions

Separate teaching example (not verified as a native game question): If three objects are balls and two are bats, how many objects are balls?: Worked solution: Three, under the stated object-type grouping; this is an independent illustration.

Try this activity

Inspect the current level before assigning any category
Move an item and use feedback to infer the active rule
Restate the rule after completing the level, without assuming another level uses it

Expected observations and explanations

The source exposes balls, animals and sports families but not the precise hidden semantic rule for every level.

Assessment questions and answers

Can a football be grouped by sport or by being round?: Answer: Yes. The grouping depends on which property the task asks about.
Why is “same group” meaningless without a criterion?: Answer: Different criteria can produce different valid groupings.