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Vehicle Sudoku

Cut and glue. Put one of each vehicle in each row and column.

Colorful cartoon bus Colorful cartoon boat Colorful cartoon airplane Colorful cartoon airplane
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Age 4 · 15 min · Challenging

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.

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.

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

  1. Print the page and gather the scissors and glue.
  2. Look at the pictures together and name the four vehicles.
  3. Cut out the pictures for your child or help them cut them out.
  4. Point to a row and look together for the missing vehicle.
  5. Invite your child to place a picture in the empty space and check the column too.
  6. Let your child complete the other spaces before gluing the pictures down.
  7. 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.