activity
Remember and tell
Level 1
Find a photo on your phone from last week. What was happening?
- 1Pick a photo of something you did together a few days ago.
- 2Ask what was happening, before you say anything about it.
- 3Talk it through: where you were, who was there, what came next.
5 minutes
You need: a phone
Why it helps:
Remembering and telling: using a photo as a starting point to recall what happened around it.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
size order
Compare
Level 1
Point to the biggest cat.
Why it helps:
Size: comparing big and small by eye, like choosing the bigger slice of apple.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
sort groups
Drag them into the boxes here
Find the rule
Level 1
Find the two that go together. Then find the other two.
Why it helps:
Categories: sorting a whole set by one rule and saying why, like tidying toys away.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
sort groups
Drag them into the boxes here
Find the rule
Level 3
Find the four that go together. Then the other four.
Why it helps:
Categories: sorting a whole set by one rule and saying why, like tidying toys away.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
matching pairs
Level 3
Two of these are exactly the same. Point to both.
ask and find
Tap to rule them out here
Narrow it down
Level 1
Listen to the clues. Which one is it?
Why it helps:
Narrowing down: using each clue to rule pictures out until only one is left.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
ask and find
Tap to rule them out here
Narrow it down
Level 3
I am thinking of one. Ask yes-or-no questions to find it.
Why it helps:
Asking good questions: finding the answer by ruling several out at once, not guessing one by one.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
activity
See it their way
Level 1
The tin says biscuits. What will Daddy think is inside?
- 1Show them a biscuit tin. Ask what is inside.
- 2Open it — crayons! Let them enjoy the trick.
- 3Ask: when Daddy comes in, what will HE think is inside?
4 minutes
You need: tin, crayons
Why it helps:
Other minds: knowing someone can believe something untrue. It usually clicks around four.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
activity
Cause and effect
Level 1
Two ice cubes, two places. Which one wins?
- 1Put one ice cube somewhere warm and one somewhere cold.
- 2They say which will melt first, and why.
- 3Go and do something else. Come back and look.
10 minutes
You need: ice, plates
Why it helps:
Cause and effect: predicting, waiting to see, then explaining why it happened.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
find the links
No wrong answers
Talk it through
Level 3
Find as many ways as you can. There is no wrong answer.
Why it helps:
Reasoning out loud: finding the ways two things are alike and putting them into words.
How to play it with them, with a free account →
