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Picture sudoku
Vehicle Picture Sudoku
Vehicle Sudoku
Complete a 4×4 picture sudoku with a car, bus, airplane, and boat. Cut and glue the pictures so each row and column has one of each vehicle.
- Age 4
- 15 min
- Challenging
- One child
- Picture sudoku
Learning areas
Skills practised
About this activity
Children look at the vehicles and complete the empty spaces in the sudoku with cut-out pictures.
With adult support, they compare the pictures and look for one of each vehicle in every row and column. This playful puzzle builds attention and problem-solving skills.
Learning objectives
- Identify the four vehicles in the pictures.
- Find the missing vehicle in a row or column with support.
- Place pictures in the empty spaces while checking rows and columns.
The printable
Print
What you need
- Printed sudoku page
- Child-safe scissors
- Glue stick
Safety notes
Use child-safe scissors with close adult supervision. If needed, an adult can cut out the pictures before the activity.
How to do it
- Print the page and gather the scissors and glue.
- Look at the pictures together and name the four vehicles.
- Cut out the pictures for your child or help them cut them out.
- Point to a row and look together for the missing vehicle.
- Invite your child to place a picture in the empty space and check the column too.
- Let your child complete the other spaces before gluing the pictures down.
- Check the grid together and celebrate their efforts.
Teaching suggestions
- Point to one row at a time and ask, “Which vehicle is missing?”
- If the puzzle feels tricky, offer two pictures to choose from and check the column together.
- Keep the pictures loose until the end so your child can change their mind.
- Talk about vehicles your child has seen nearby or on trips.
Variations
Make it easier
Cover the other empty spaces and solve one at a time together, pointing to the row and column.
Make it harder
Ask your child to choose an empty space and explain how they figured out which vehicle belongs there.
Extend the activity
Draw the four vehicles together and talk about where each one travels.
Talk about it
- Which vehicle is missing from this row?
- What do you see in this column?
- How did you figure out where to put that picture?
- Where have you seen one of these vehicles?
What to look for
- Notice whether your child recognizes or names the four vehicles.
- See whether they can identify a missing vehicle in a row or column with support.
- Notice whether they check the row and column when placing a picture.
Patterns
Odd one out
Maze