Chromatik (FR)

*French version *

Objective: Visuospatial skills and counting

Let the game begin! Identify the dominant colors and evolve your character by acquiring different skills.

Chromatik is designed to help children ages 4 to 9 develop visual-spatial and counting skills. Players must earn skill cards by quickly identifying the most common color on color cards. The three levels make it a progressive game that prepares children for learning math while having fun.

Game Contents

• 28 color cards
• 27 skill cards
• 6 character cards
• 1 accompanying guide
• the rules of the game

Why this game?

Visuospatial skills and global counting skills are increasingly identified as predictors of success in mathematics. These skills are used in the game Chromatik , which invites children to compare colored areas arranged in different ways on cards. The speed challenge encourages players to analyze the colors present on the cards "in their heads." The game also encourages them to consider how the colored areas are organized on the cards in order to determine the most prevalent color(s). The game thus involves visual comparison and estimation skills, as well as different counting strategies.

Through play, children become increasingly adept at constructing a mental image of the area occupied by a color and understanding how space on the map is organized. For example, once they understand that a colored rectangle is equivalent to two small squares of the same color, this knowledge can give them a boost in quickly estimating the area occupied by each color on maps. Developing these cognitive skills will support their learning of mathematics, including their understanding of number, geometry, measurement, and fractions.

2 to 4 players
15 minutes
5 years +