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Anteater tongue
The anteater has a really long tongue! Tap or drag your finger over the ants as they pass so the anteater stretches out its tongue and catches them.
Anteater Termite Mound
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
At the termite mound: stretch out the tongue to catch ants, measure with sticks and sort cards while the rule changes.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 10
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Region 14Free on the trail
What children learn here
Every game follows a goal from Brazil’s BNCC, with its equivalent in Head Start ELOF, Common Core and the EYFS. Tap a code to see every game that works on the same goal.
Body, gestures and movement
Spaces, time, quantities and relationships
- EI02ET05Sort objects by one attribute: color, shape or size3 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 3, P-MATH 9 · Common Core K.MD.B.3
- EI03ET08Express measures of weight, length and capacity3 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8 · Common Core K.MD.A.1, K.MD.A.2
- EF01MA10Find the pattern in a sequence and say what comes next2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 7 · EYFS M-PAT
- EF01MA15Compare sizes and lengths: bigger, smaller, longer2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8 · Common Core K.MD.A.2
- EI02ET01Explore and describe differences in size, weight and texture of objects2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8, P-SCI 1 · Common Core K.MD.A.1 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI03ET07Match numbers to amounts and count to ten2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 1, P-MATH 2, P-MATH 3, P-MATH 5 · Common Core K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.5 · EYFS M-NUM
- EI02ET07Count objects out loud in everyday play1 gameHead Start ELOF P-MATH 1, P-MATH 2 · Common Core K.CC.A.1, K.CC.B.4 · EYFS M-NUM
- EI03ET05Group objects and pictures by color, shape and likeness1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 3, P-MATH 9 · Common Core K.MD.B.3
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsSizes and measuresLetters and wordsBody and coordination
The 14 games of Anteater Termite Mound
2 and 3 year olds
To get started: few options, big pictures and the teacher’s voice.
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Measure the worm
Let's measure with sticks! Tap Add stick to line them up one after another, from the start to the end of the little critter. Went too far? Tap Remove.
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Color to one side
Drag each card to the side of its color, or tap the arrow on that side.
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Only ants
Leaves and pebbles also pass along the ant trail. Stretch out the tongue only for the ants!
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Big or small card
Look at the size of each card: big goes to one side, small goes to the other.
4 and 5 year olds
More pieces that look alike, asking for attention and memory.
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Stick ruler
Measure each thing with sticks, one touching the next, with no gaps and without going past the end.
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Switch the rule
Pay attention to the rule! Sometimes we sort by color, sometimes by type. The cards are the same, but the rule changes.
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Ants in order
Each ant carries a number. Catch one first, then two, then three... in just the right order.
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Starting sound
Say the name of each picture slowly and listen to the first sound. Throw it to the side of that sound's letter.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Measure with paper clips
A paper clip is half of a stick. Measure again with paper clips and see: more clips fit than sticks!
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Count by twos
Count skipping a number: two, four, six... Catch only the ants with those numbers, in order.
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Termite mound party
Region party
The anteater threw a party near the termite mound! Let's remember everything you played with it.
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Party tongue
Region party
At the party, the ants walk faster! Catch only what we ask for.
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Party measuring
Region party
At the party, let's measure everything! Use sticks or paper clips, as we ask.
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