Extra Challenge Worksheets for Ages 4-7 - Page 8
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Castling No - no's: Part 2 Worksheet
Teach your child the rules of castling: no castling if the king is under attack or will move onto an attacked square, or cross an attack line. To prepare for a game of chess, help your child complete the exercise of identifying when the king can castle – check the pictures.
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Castling: Protecting the King Worksheet
Castle your king with the rook to get into a safer position! Write 0-0 for a two-square move, or 0-0-0 for a three-square move. Look at the worksheet with your child; on the first chessboard, the king has moved two squares and the rook is beside it. On the second, the rook has jumped over the king. Let your child use their castling knowledge to answer the questions in the easy pdf.
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Castling No–no's: Part 1 Worksheet
Help your child learn how to play chess by using this worksheet. Ask them to circle the king and rook that can castle in the picture. Explain that a king cannot castle if the king or rook has moved, or if there is any other piece between them. Knowing these rules will make playing a lot easier!
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Drawing by Squares Worksheet
Test your child's chess skills and ability to name squares with this worksheet. Have them draw a chess piece from the squares at the top of the chessboard in the picture. Guide them to draw lines between the given squares for the correct outline of a chess piece.
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En Passant: Writing it Down Worksheet
Properly documenting moves in chess is often overlooked. En passant captures require your child to note the starting and ending squares (e.g. d5xe6) with an "X" in between them. Ask your children to review the worksheet and ensure they've notated the captures correctly. (80 words)
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En Passant: Tricky Pawn Capture Worksheet
When a pawn moves two squares from its initial position and enters a square controlled by an enemy, the enemy can capture it as if it had moved one square. This move is called "en passant" (in passing). Ask your child which square the black pawn will land on after capturing the white pawn en passant using the provided chessboard.
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Estimating Length: Magician's Maze Worksheet
Does your kid want to practice magic and have a blast? This exercise will be a great way to help them do so! In the worksheet, they'll need to guide the magician to the circus. How? By tracing his path through the 1-foot long obstacles in the maze. Once they help him get through the objects, the circus will be just a few steps away!
Estimating Length: Magician's Maze Worksheet
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Toy House Measurements Worksheet
This worksheet requires math and measuring skills. When measuring an object from a non-zero starting point, subtract the start point from the end point to get the correct length. Kids must trace the dotted lines to get the right length for each part of the house.
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Direct Check: Puzzle 4 Worksheet
Assess your children or students' chess progress with this simple worksheet. They must play as black and draw a line to put the white king in check. Then, review the provided options and circle the correct notation. This will help you gauge their skills and understanding of strategic movements.
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Direct Check: Puzzle 3 Worksheet
Chess is a great way to help your child develop their strategic, mathematical, and thinking skills. Test their understanding with this simple worksheet: they must get the black king in checkmate with white pieces, then select the notation that shows the correct move. See just how much progress they've made!
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Direct Check: Puzzle 2 Worksheet
Test your kid's chess skills with this worksheet. Help them draw a line to put the black king in checkmate, then check the correct notation from the provided options. This will help them understand the correct notation of each move they make.
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Direct Check: Puzzle 1 Worksheet
Your child can test their chess knowledge with this worksheet. If they've been taking lessons or playing regularly, they'll enjoy connecting the dots to put the white king in checkmate, then checking the correct notation. Challenge their chess skills!
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Odd Word Out Worksheet
Ask your child to name all pictures in each row and see if there's something they share. Then, have them identify the odd one out and underline it. Repeat for all words in the rows to help them understand how to identify words.
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Strong or Stronger? Worksheet
Help your child understand the concept of size gradients with a fun worksheet. Explain to them that adding "-er" to words means "more" and "-est" means "most". Point to the pictures and have your little one trace the dotted line to the corresponding words to learn the concept of highest and lowest.
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Words with Multiple Meanings Worksheet
Young authors can struggle with homographs – words that sound the same and have different meanings. This PDF worksheet uses pictures to help them easily differentiate homographs and contextualize their use. It's an engaging way to introduce them to homographs, helping them to navigate tricky words when writing.
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One Move Checkmates: Puzzle 4 Worksheet
Want to challenge your logistician? This engaging PDF worksheet tests their critical thinking, strategy and visual-spatial skills. They must plot to overtake and checkmate the king and use the answer choices to check if they've strategized correctly. It's a fun way to build problem-solving skills needed for higher-level math.
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One Move Checkmates: Puzzle 3 Worksheet
Boost your child's critical thinking and strategy skills with this fun puzzle activity. They'll use their logical thinking to plot ways to checkmate the black king, and then check their answer with the given choices. A great way to improve their skills and have a blast doing it!
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One Move Checkmates: Puzzle 2 Worksheet
Fine-tuning logic and critical thinking skills can be tricky but this free PDF offers a fun way for little logisticians to practice visual-spatial relationships and strategizing to checkmate the black king. It also boosts directional and reading skills which makes it a great brain-building puzzle.
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One Move Checkmates: Puzzle 1 Worksheet
Checkmate your opponent with this age-appropriate PDF worksheet! It'll challenge your budding mathematician to use strategy, visual-spatial skills, logic and critical thinking. While solving, they'll also work on fine motor skills and tracking, which are essential reading skills. It's a great way to strengthen math and literacy skills.
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Busy Farmers: Problem Matching Worksheet
Farming is tough, so help your mathematician out with this fun and stimulating worksheet! They'll read word problems and connect each to its correct picture, using traceable lines. They'll practice addition with three addends, and use the harvest veg pictures to ensure accuracy.
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Problem Solving: Tony's Wreath Worksheet
Tony needs help! He's made a beautiful, colorful wreath and needs help counting the flowers. Your math student can read the word problems, match answers to the problems and solve basic addition and subtraction. They'll practice with two and three addends, minuends and subtrahends to find sums and differences and help Tony and his bee friends.
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Little Witch Problem Solving Worksheet
Help this sweet little witch! Download this worksheet and use traceable lines to connect the problems with the correct answers. Practise basic addition involving three addends and have fun doing it!
Little Witch Problem Solving Worksheet
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Match and Solve: Cupcakes Problem Worksheet
This math worksheet will excite your kid! Read the word problem and look at the cupcakes; the slashes mean some are being taken away. Select the picture that matches the text, then complete the equation to find the solution!
Match and Solve: Cupcakes Problem Worksheet
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Guess the Word Problem Worksheet
Head to the Arctic Circle for math word problems with penguins, bears, and eskimos! This winter printable worksheet helps kids enjoy math with cute images. Guide kids through addition and subtraction in standard form with the penguins. Compare word problems to its written and pictorial forms for an enjoyable lesson!
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Parents and teachers should prioritize Extra Challenge activities for children ages 4-7 because this age range is crucial for cognitive and social development. Engaging children in extra challenges not only fosters critical thinking and problem-solving skills but also helps to build resilience. These activities encourage children to step beyond their comfort zones, allowing them to discover new interests and skills.
Additionally, offering extra challenges can cater to diverse learning styles, ensuring that all children, including advanced learners, remain engaged and stimulated. It promotes an active learning environment where kids can explore concepts at their own pace, facilitating a deeper understanding of topics taught in the classroom.
Socially, extra challenges can enhance collaboration skills, as children often need to work in teams to solve problems or complete tasks. Such cooperative efforts teach valuable lessons in communication, empathy, and respect for differing perspectives.
Finally, these activities boost children's confidence by showing them they can tackle difficult tasks when given the right support and encouragement. This blend of academic, social, and emotional benefits demonstrates why providing extra challenges at this formative stage is imperative for holistic development.
