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Little Grid
A playful picture-grid puzzle: find what fits, spot mistakes, and explore bigger challenges.
A little about the game
Explore colorful picture grids, discover what belongs, spot mistakes, and take on bigger logic challenges. Choose an easier Little Explorer journey or jump into Big Explorer for larger puzzles.
How to play
- Choose Little Explorer or Big Explorer.
- Follow the picture puzzle, select a space, and choose the picture that fits. Ask for a hint whenever you need one.
Play & Learning
Skills practiced
- Visual Matching
Compare pictures and recognize which objects match or belong in a particular space.
- Visual Discrimination
Notice differences between pictures and identify missing or misplaced objects.
- Logical Deduction
Use the pictures already placed in the grid to work out which object belongs in an empty space.
- Rule-Based Reasoning
Follow simple rules and consider how different rows, columns and regions relate to one another.
How this game works
Little Grid offers two playful puzzle journeys. Little Explorer introduces younger children to picture matching, missing objects and simple grid rules. Big Explorer introduces larger grids where children compare possibilities and use clues from rows, columns and regions to find the correct answer.
Research behind the activity
Researchers use visual matching, pattern-completion and grid-based reasoning tasks to study how children recognize relationships and apply rules. Research on Latin-square and visual-matrix tasks shows how the complexity of relationships influences children's reasoning strategies. These findings help explain the thinking involved in Little Grid, but do not establish that playing the game improves general intelligence or school performance.
These studies examine the underlying activities and cognitive processes. They did not test Chuchiroo games and should not be interpreted as evidence that playing this game produces broader cognitive improvements.
View research & sources
- Preschoolers' strategies for solving visual pattern tasksExternal research source · opens in a new tab
Melissa A. Collins; Elida V. Laski · 2015 · Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 32, 204–214
In a study of preschoolers, children used both appearance matching and relational strategies, depending on the pattern task. This offers context for Little Explorer's picture comparisons and simple visual rules.
Limits of this evidence:
Repeating-pattern tasks differ from Little Grid's puzzles. This study did not test the game or show that playing it improves cognitive abilities.
- The influence of relational complexity and strategy selection on children's reasoning in the Latin Square TaskExternal research source · opens in a new tab
Patrick Perret; Christine Bailleux; Bruno Dauvier · 2011 · Cognitive Development, 26, 127–141
Two experiments examined how children reason about missing shapes using row and column rules. The findings suggest that the strategies children choose can reduce the complexity they need to handle. This relates to Big Explorer's use of grid clues.
Limits of this evidence:
The research did not test Little Grid, validate its age recommendations or demonstrate learning improvements from playing it. It does not establish evidence for the game's region rules.
- Aiming to complete the matrix: Eye-movement analysis of processing strategies in children's relational thinkingExternal research source · opens in a new tab
Zhe Chen; Ryan Honomichl; Diane Kennedy; Enda Tan · 2016 · Developmental Psychology, 52(6), 867–878
Researchers studied how children aged 5–8 processed relationships and combined rules while completing visual matrices. This provides context for considering several clues when choosing a missing picture in Big Explorer.
Limits of this evidence:
Matrix reasoning and Little Grid are related but different tasks. Results from the study's tasks and feedback do not show that Little Grid produces broader cognitive improvements.