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Bundle the sticks
The axolotl gathers sticks at the edge of the lake. Each bundle has ten sticks! Put bundles and loose sticks on the table until you have the number we ask for.
Axolotl Lake
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
On the canals with floating gardens: bundle sticks by tens, fill in the hundred chart and spin the roller counter to read and write numbers up to a hundred.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 7
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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.
Spaces, time, quantities and relationships
- EF01MA04Count large collections, up to one hundred, and say how many there are9 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 1 · Common Core K.CC.A.1 · EYFS M-NUM
- EF01MA07Build and break apart numbers up to twenty into tens and ones7 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 3 · Common Core K.NBT.A.1 · EYFS M-NUM
- EF01MA10Find the pattern in a sequence and say what comes next5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 7 · EYFS M-PAT
- EF01MA02Count large collections by making groups, exactly or roughly2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 3 · Common Core K.CC.B.5 · EYFS M-NUM
- EF01MA06Solve adding and subtracting problems with basic facts2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 6 · Common Core K.OA.A.2, K.OA.A.5 · EYFS M-NUM
- EF01MA05Compare numbers using the number line1 gameHead Start ELOF P-MATH 4 · Common Core K.CC.C.7 · EYFS M-PAT
- EI03ET03Learn about animals and nature: where they live and what they eat1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 3 · EYFS UW-NW
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsNature and animals
The 14 games of Axolotl Lake
2 and 3 year olds
To get started: few options, big pictures and the teacher’s voice.
4 and 5 year olds
More pieces that look alike, asking for attention and memory.
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Hundred chart
On the hundred chart the numbers live in rows of ten. Pick a number below and tap the empty space where it lives.
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Lake counter
The axolotl counts little fish on a roller counter: the left roller shows the tens and the right one shows the ones. Listen to the number and spin to it.
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Ten loose, one bundle
Lots of loose sticks are left on the table! Every time you get ten loose ones, tie them up: the table is only done when there aren't ten loose sticks left over.
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Neighbors above and below
On the hundred chart, the space below is always ten more and the one above is ten less. Use the neighbors to place the numbers.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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After nine
When the ones go past nine, they go back to zero and the tens go up by one! Show on the counter the number that comes before or after.
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Sticks for the axolotl
The axolotl is going to build a nest and asked for sticks! Tap a bundle to give ten at once and a loose stick to give one. If you run out of loose sticks, untie a bundle.
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Piece of the chart
The hundred chart tore and only a little piece is left! Look at the number that's left and figure out who lives next to it, above and below.
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Ten more, ten less
Ten more just means moving the tens roller up! Start at the number on the counter and show the one we ask for.
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Sticks up to one hundred
The table already has sticks! Add, take away or tie them up until you have the number we ask for, without ten loose sticks left over.
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Skip-count chart
The axolotl jumped across the chart along a path! Figure out how many it jumped each time and fill in the spaces.
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Lake party
Region party
The axolotl called its friends to the number party at the lake! Let's remember the bundles, the hundred chart and the counter.
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Party bundles
Region party
The party campfire needs sticks! Build the numbers, tie up the loose ones and give sticks to the axolotl.
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Party chart
Region party
The party flags have the numbers from the hundred chart! Complete the rows, the columns and the pieces.
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