Goal: Visuospatial and counting skills

Let the game begin! Spot the dominant colors and level up your character by gaining different skills.

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

Contents

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

Why this game?

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

As they play, the child becomes more and more skilled at building a mental image of the area occupied by a color and at understanding how space is organized on the card. For example, once they grasp that one colored rectangle equals two small squares of the same color, this knowledge can give them a boost in quickly estimating the area occupied by each color on the cards. Developing these cognitive skills will support their learning of mathematics, notably their understanding of number, geometry, measurement and fractions.

• Recommended age: 5 to 8 years
• Number of players: 2 to 5 players
• Game length: 15 minutes