Each animal gets its own number: with four animals that is 1, 2, 3 or 4. Draw the places as dashes on a sheet.
Start with the safest clue - "right at the front" or "right at the back" fixes a place immediately.
Clues like "directly ahead of" tell you two places at once, and they must be next to each other.
Example
- 2, 1, 3, 4
- 4, 1, 2, 3
- 2, 3, 1, 4
For parents
What does this exercise practice?
Order puzzles practise positional language (ahead of, behind, directly ahead) and ordering by conditions rather than by size.
Common pitfalls
"Ahead of" and "directly ahead of" are easily mixed up. "Ahead of" means somewhere in front, "directly ahead" means immediately in front, with nobody in between.
How to practice at home
Stand in a row as a group of three or four and read out the clues - who has to go where?