Road Building Puzzle — Connect Each Animal to Its Food

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1. Set the board up as the challenge shows, with the animal and its food in place.
2. Look at the road tiles you have and how each one bends.
3. Lay a tile from the animal and follow where it points.
4. Keep adding tiles until the path reaches the food with no breaks.
5. Check the path is continuous, then take the next challenge.

• Route planning with pieces that cannot be changed, only chosen
• Working out which bend is needed before reaching for a tile
• Checking a path end to end rather than assuming it joins
• Reasoning about what each animal actually eats

• Solve a challenge, then try it again with fewer tiles
• Set a start and finish for each other without a card
• Ask why that animal eats that food before starting