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Matching crystals
The cave is full of crystals that look alike. Find all the ones that are exactly like the model: same shape and same color.
Crystal Cave
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
Hidden sparkles: pairs, sums and spoken paths.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 9
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Region 28Free 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.
Spaces, time, quantities and relationships
- EI03ET07Match numbers to amounts and count to ten9 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
- EI03ET05Group objects and pictures by color, shape and likeness4 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 3, P-MATH 9 · Common Core K.MD.B.3
- EI02ET04Find people and objects in space: above, below, beside, between3 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 10 · Common Core K.G.A.1
- EI03ET01Compare sizes, weights and other features of objects2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8 · Common Core K.MD.A.2
Body, gestures and movement
Lines, sounds, colors and shapes
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsSizes and measuresSpace and positionLetters and wordsSounds and musicArt and drawingBody and coordinationFeelings and friendship
The 14 games of Crystal Cave
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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How many are left?
Some friends are leaving the cave. Count how many there were, take away the ones who left and find out how many stayed.
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Loud or soft?
In the cave, an echo can be loud or very soft. Listen to two sounds and find out which one was louder.
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Opposites
Big and small, day and night, hot and cold. Drag from each picture to its opposite.
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Half for each
Two friends found crystals and will share them equally. Find out how many each one takes home.
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Who has no match?
In the cave, friends walk in twos. Find out who was left alone without a match.
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Groups of three
No numbers, just dots. Look quickly and find all the groups with the amount I ask for.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Steps in the cave
The cat hops from stone to stone. Listen to how many stones and which way he goes, and tap where he stops.
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Bigger than five
Some crystals have more dots than others. Find all the numbers bigger than the one I say.
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Closest to ten
Ten is the cave's treasure. Look at the numbers and find out which one gets closest to it.
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Crystal party
Region party
The crystals lit up and the cave turned into a party! Let's remember everything you discovered here.
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Backward line
Region party
In this line the biggest comes first. Drag the numbers from biggest to smallest, one spot at a time.
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Listen and walk
Region party
No footprints to follow: just my voice saying right, left, up or down. Tap the stones in the right order.
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With a teacher’s voice and a companion. Kids play on a phone, tablet or computer, and parents follow everything in the Family Notebook.
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