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Safe or dangerous?
Playing in the river is fun, but there are rules! Even the hippo, who looks calm, can get grumpy. Sort what's safe from what's dangerous.
Hippo River
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
By the river: turn pieces, slide puzzles, sort cards and balance the scale.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 8
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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
- EI03ET07Match numbers to amounts and count to ten6 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
- EI02ET04Find people and objects in space: above, below, beside, between4 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 10 · Common Core K.G.A.1
- EI03ET05Group objects and pictures by color, shape and likeness3 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
- EI03ET02Observe and describe changes in nature and materials2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 6 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI03ET03Learn about animals and nature: where they live and what they eat1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 3 · EYFS UW-NW
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsSizes and measuresSpace and positionNature and animalsLetters and wordsFeelings and friendship
The 14 games of Hippo River
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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Turn it to match
The hippo knocked things into the river and now they're turned around! Each tap turns the piece a little. Turn it until it matches the sample.
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Liquid or solid?
River water flows and changes shape: it's a liquid. A river rock stays the same: it's a solid. And what about ice, which is frozen water? Think carefully!
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Plants or meat?
The hippo is huge, but it only eats grass and plants! Other animals eat meat, like the lion and the crocodile. Sort who eats what.
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Balance the scale
A scale tips toward the heavier side. Add and remove weights on the other pan until it's perfectly level: then both sides weigh the same.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Point the arrow
No sample this time! Listen to where the arrow has to point: up, down, right or left. Turn it and check.
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Numbers in place
Only a piece next to the empty space can move! Slide the pieces to put the numbers in order, from left to right, row by row.
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Build the animal
The river friends' portraits got all mixed up! Slide the pieces into the empty space until the face looks just right, like the sample.
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Right or wrong math?
The hippo did the math in a hurry! Do each problem again, slowly, and sort the right ones from the wrong ones.
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Different weights
One weight of two is the same as two weights of one. There's more than one way to balance it: pick the weights and check on the scale.
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Adding on the scale
Both sides already have purple weights that can't come off. Add up each side and find out how much the right side needs to be the same.
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River party
Region party
The hippo took a dive and lotus flowers rained down all over the river! Let's remember everything you discovered with it.
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Turn the pattern
Region party
The tiles of the little river house fell crooked. Turn each pattern until the colored squares are in the same place as the sample.
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Sliding word
Region party
The letters slid into the river! Slide each one until the word appears, reading from left to right and from top to bottom.
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