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Flashlight in the dark
Night has fallen in the backlands! Drag your finger to move the flashlight. When the animal shows up in the light, tap it.
Donkey Backlands
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
In the backlands: walk the dice trail, find hidden words, search with a flashlight and play the xylophone.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 6
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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
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
Lines, sounds, colors and shapes
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsLetters and wordsSounds and musicBody and coordination
The 14 games of Donkey Backlands
2 and 3 year olds
To get started: few options, big pictures and the teacher’s voice.
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Fireflies
The backlands fireflies are hiding! Search with the flashlight and count how many you've found. Be careful not to tap anything that isn't a firefly.
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Shapes in the dark
In the dark you can't see colors or shapes. Light up each one with the flashlight, look closely and only tap the one the teacher asked for.
4 and 5 year olds
More pieces that look alike, asking for attention and memory.
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Road to the market
The donkey is taking its load to the market! Roll the die, count the dots and move that many spaces on the trail.
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Xylophone
There's a xylophone at the backlands dance! The long bar makes a low sound and the short one makes a high sound. Listen, watch the bars light up and play it the same way.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Numbered trail
Now every space has a number. Look where the donkey is, roll the die and count forward from there.
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Surprise space
The backlands trail has surprise spaces! The green one says move ahead a bit more and the red one says go back. It only counts if the donkey lands right on it.
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Word search
The donkey found a bunch of mixed-up letters! A word is hiding in the middle of them. Look for the first letter and find the others right next to it.
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Standing words
Some words stand up tall, like the cactus! The first letter is at the top and the others go down, one under the other.
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By ear
The backlands musicians play by ear! The bars won't light up: listen to whether the tune goes up to the high sounds or down to the low sounds.
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Backward
The donkey likes to play things backward! Listen to the tune and play it starting with the last bar that lit up, all the way to the first.
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Backlands party
Region party
There's a dance in the backlands! The donkey decorated everything with flowery cloth and invited the fireflies to light up the party. Let's remember what you learned with it.
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Hidden names
Region party
The donkey's friends hid their names in the letters! Some are lying down and others are standing up. Look at the animal and find its name.
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Two dice
Region party
Now there are two dice! Add the dots on both and move that many spaces on the backlands trail.
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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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