4×4 Picture Sudoku for Preschoolers
No numbers and no reading: this picture sudoku for preschoolers uses four simple shapes, so children aged 5-6 can solve logic puzzles before they know their digits.
1 A4 page · for home and classroom use
Picture sudoku 4×4 — easy
How to use this worksheet
- Name the four shapes in the key above the puzzles: circle, square, triangle, star.
- Start in the top-left puzzle. Its top row shows a star, a square and a circle, so the empty end square needs the triangle.
- Look at the top-right puzzle together: its second row is already complete, a good example of the rule.
- Draw each missing shape; a wobbly triangle still counts. Added shapes appear in red on the solution page.
What this worksheet teaches
Each puzzle is a 4×4 grid split by bold lines into four 2×2 boxes. Every row, every column and every box must contain each shape exactly once. Ten of the sixteen shapes are drawn, so six squares are empty, and each puzzle has exactly one solution. Children practice careful looking, comparing and ruling things out, early logic skills that support later math and reading.
How the 2×2 boxes work
A box is one quarter of the grid, marked by thicker lines. Because each box holds four squares and there are four shapes, each shape fits in each box exactly once. When three shapes in a box are drawn, the fourth square must hold the missing one.