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Tilo: Hay Bale Steps
Find what comes next in Tilo’s growing row.
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Ages 3–5 · 6 levels
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Tilo: Hay Bale Steps
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Find what comes next in Tilo’s growing row.
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How to start
Follow the row of hay bales and find the missing size. Compare the bales on both sides of the gap, choose a bale, then check. In the bonus task, check the rope color as well.
What your child practices
Ordering by size, using neighboring items to infer a missing value, and combining two clues.
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A gentler start
Point along the row from small to big. Compare only the two neighbors beside the gap before looking at the choices.
A little more thinking
Predict the missing size before choosing. In the bonus, show why a bale with the right size but the wrong rope color fails one rule.
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What must fit between these two neighbors? Is there another clue to check?
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Choose three cups of different sizes. Order them from small to big and remove one. Let your child replace it and show why that position works.