Count the Shapes
Find and count the tangled shapes
Play online — no app to installFree printable worksheets
Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Download the worksheets (PDF)
Download and print straight away — no sign-up, no email. Each file holds four worksheets and the answer sheets.
These files are prepared in advance, so they always hold the same puzzles. For a fresh set every time, use “Print puzzles” on the site itself.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — 5 shapes · none overlap
- 2. Gentle — 7 shapes · a little overlap
- 3. Easy — 9 shapes · they overlap
- 4. Normal — 11 shapes · plenty of overlap
- 5. Hard — 14 shapes · tilted and tangled
Scoring
| Level | The higher the level, the more shapes there are and the more they overlap — Level 1 has 5 · Level 2 has 7 · Level 3 has 9 · Level 4 has 11 · Level 5 has 14 (tilted) |
|---|---|
| How to answer | Count the shape asked for and tap the number — it is checked straight away. The answer is always 2 to 9 |
| Correct answers | Up to 600 · in proportion to correct answers |
| Time bonus | Up to 300 · only if you finish, in proportion to time left |
| Streak bonus | Up to 100 · 3 in a row 25 / 4 in a row 50 / 5 in a row 75 / 6 or more 100 |
| Wrong-answer penalty | None — a wrong answer just shows the right one and moves on |
| Level bonus | Normal +100, Hard +250 (when you finish) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 · Normal: 1,100 · Hard: 1,250 |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.