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Shape City

Shape City practises noticing what a picture looks like and where it belongs. Shapes & Colors uses colour clues for younger players and colour with shape for older players. In Shape Builder, your child places pieces into outlines using a model. Position Quest asks where an object sits around familiar furniture. Shape Detective offers older children clues about sides, corners and familiar solids.

Play Shape City free Ages 2–6 3 of 4 games for ages 2–4, 4 for ages 4–6

Free for every family until 20 November 2026Every game and level. No card needed.

Where to start

For ages 2–4, try Shapes & Colors for colour choices, then Shape Builder for matching pieces to outlines. For ages 4–6, start with Shape Builder, then Shape Detective for shape clues and side counting. Position Quest is available to both bands and begins with on and under.

Every game climbs from Seed, level 1, to Shine, and for older Kindergarten children the maths and reading games start higher. Good play climbs a level; a hard day holds it, and a level earned is never taken away.

The 4 games in Shape City

  • Four cards: a blue circle, two red stars and a blue star.

    Shapes & Colors

    Recognise a named colour among pictured shapes

    Ages 2–6 At home: 8 units

  • A boat to copy, made of a triangle, a rectangle and a circle, a board with their dotted outlines, and the three shapes to drag.

    Shape Builder

    Match a shape piece to its outlined space

    Ages 2–6 At home: 14 units

  • A teddy above a bed and another teddy below it.

    Position Quest

    Connect spoken position words with pictured locations

    Ages 2–6 At home: 16 units

  • A purple rectangle, an orange triangle and a green square.

    Shape Detective

    Identify flat shapes from spoken property clues

    Ages 4–6 At home: 5 units

What these games practise

  • Find a named colour among pictured shapes
  • Combine colour and shape clues in older-band rounds
  • Match shape pieces to outlines using a pictured model
  • Connect position words with pictured locations
  • Count straight sides and recognise familiar solid examples

Try it at home

Draw a pretend house with a square body and triangular roof. Draw those shapes separately beside it and ask which part goes where. Your child can point while you trace the outlines with a finger. Add a drawn window together if they want another turn.

Not in these games: These games do not practise measuring angles or following left and right map directions.

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Every game is free until 20 November 2026.

All 4 games in Shape City and the rest of the library, every level, with no card and no payment.

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