About Circles & Cookies

Hi, I'm Ozge. I design thinking activities for children between the ages of 5 and 10. Right now, that means printable worksheets and guides for parents and teachers.

Plenty of wonderful websites help children practice standard school subjects. Circles & Cookies sits alongside that. I focus on the thinking underneath all of it: how to break a problem apart, spot a pattern, sort things into groups, and reason your way to an answer.

What I'm really building is a strong foundation in analytical thinking. It's the reasoning that almost every demanding field relies on, and a child who develops it early can face an unfamiliar problem and find their own way through. That understanding goes deeper, and lasts longer, than memorizing something without the logic behind it.

How this started

These activities come from three chapters of my own life. I studied mathematics. Then I spent years teaching children how to think mathematically by playing games with them. Later, I trained as a software developer.

Circles & Cookies is where those three paths meet: the logic of math, a practical understanding of how children actually learn, and the skills to build it all myself.

What I believe in

Learning to ask the right questions

These activities are short and designed to be done with a parent or teacher nearby. But your job isn't to give the answers. You're there to help your child ask the questions: Why did that happen? Why didn't it work? What if I try this instead? Once a child learns to ask those questions themselves, they carry that independence into everything they do.

Big ideas, learned early

I wrap every logical concept in a simple visual and a small story. The visual gives your child a mental model they can remember and reuse later. The story lets them meet the core principles of advanced topics years before they'd ever see them in a textbook. They learn how the idea works first; the formal name can come later.

Built without the pressure

Children are happy to keep going because, on the surface, they're following a story, playing a game, or solving a puzzle. You won't find flashing rewards, timers, or points counters. In every activity I make, your child makes the choices, tries an idea, and works out what happens next at their own pace. Underneath the fun, they're building real thinking skills.

Where to start

The best way to understand what I make is to try one. I keep a growing library of free printables on the site, ready to download today.

Each one is built to be done together. Pick a worksheet, print it out, and watch how your child works through it.

Circles & Cookies is an independent project, and I build it around what real families need. If your child loved an activity, got stuck, or if there's a topic you'd love to see me tackle next, please send me an email. I build this based on what you tell me.