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Look and Compare: A Photo Analogy Game

As a first introduction to analogies, this book teaches the concept by using photos, and giving lots of visual support for success.  “Tail is to wag…as hand is to _______”  is the first example used to introduce the concept.  The reader is presented with three labeled photos.  Which of the pictures is related to hand the way that tail is related to wag? One photo is a hand with a ring on one of the fingers.  The second photo shows a person with one finger standing straight up (Like the the tail of the dog.)  The third photo shows two kids waving with their hands.  The text explains why the first two examples do not  work, and why the third one does.  The book is a large enough format, and the photos clear and simple so that a teacher of primary children could share this analogy game with the whole class at circle time.  This Eye-Look Picture Games series support national math standards related to grouping and sorting and national language arts standards related to the use of comparisons and analogies.  Primary kids will have a lot of fun playing the game with this beautifully designed publication.