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Spot the Difference

Two scenes that look the same until you look properly. Three to ten changes.

Two panels of scattered pictures, built from one scene so they really are identical apart from the changes. The changes are drawn from six kinds — a picture is missing, an extra one has appeared, one has grown or shrunk, one has shuffled sideways, one is mirrored, one has been turned, or two have traded places — so a child cannot get through the page by learning a single trick. More differences and a busier scene both make it harder; a busy scene with three differences is a long, calm search, a calm scene with ten is quick and dense.

Age
ages 5–12
Answer key
Included, free
Skills
visual discriminationconcentrationmemorypattern recognition

What you can change

  • How many differences

    3–10 changes

  • How busy the scene is

    Calm, Normal, Busy

  • How the panels sit

    Fit the page, Side by side, One above the other

  • Dots to colour in

  • Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.

Ready-made worksheets with this page

Used in 5 worksheet sets for the school year, each in its country's language.

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