What are commonalities?

Commonalities are things that make different things similar, like how your favorite toy and your friend’s favorite toy can both be fun to play with.

Imagine you and your friend each have a backpack. Yours is red, and yours has a dinosaur print. Your friend’s is blue and has a dragon print. They look different, but they’re both backpacks, so that's one commonality. Both of you use them to carry stuff for school, too, that’s another thing they have in common.

Think about your lunch. You might eat an apple, and your friend eats a banana. They're different fruits, but both are healthy snacks. That's a commonality! It’s like how your favorite shirt and your brother’s favorite shirt can both be comfortable to wear, even if they look different.

Commonalities help us see the connections between things that aren’t exactly the same, just like how you and your friend might have different backpacks, but both of you use them every day. Commonalities are things that make different things similar, like how your favorite toy and your friend’s favorite toy can both be fun to play with.

Imagine you and your friend each have a backpack. Yours is red, and yours has a dinosaur print. Your friend’s is blue and has a dragon print. They look different, but they’re both backpacks, so that's one commonality. Both of you use them to carry stuff for school, too, that’s another thing they have in common.