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Who is the letter for?
The ostrich is the road's mail carrier! Each letter has a photo of who will get it. Tap a letter and then the house of whoever is in the window.
Ostrich Road
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
On the mail road: deliver letters by number and street, make invitations, lists, notes and envelopes and split the stuck-together words.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
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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.
Listening, speaking, thinking and imagination
- EI03EF07Learn what everyday texts are for: lists, invitations, recipes, notes6 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 2 · Common Core RL.K.5 · EYFS L-COMP
- EF01LP12Notice that in writing, words are separated by spaces5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 2 · Common Core RF.K.1.c · EYFS L-WRI
- EF01LP17Put together lists, invitations, notes and envelopes, knowing what each is for5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 2, P-LIT 6 · Common Core W.K.2 · EYFS L-WRI
- EF01LP08Connect the pieces of spoken words to writing2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-LIT 3 · Common Core RF.K.3.a · EYFS L-WR
- EI02EF07Handle books and other texts and know what they are for1 gameHead Start ELOF P-LIT 2 · Common Core RI.K.5, RL.K.5 · EYFS L-COMP
- EI03EF09Notice beginning sounds and play with words1 gameHead Start ELOF P-LIT 1 · Common Core RF.K.2.d · EYFS L-WR
Spaces, time, quantities and relationships
- EF01MA01Use numbers to count and to say order: first, second, third4 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 1 · Common Core K.CC.A.1 · EYFS M-NUM
- 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
- EF01MA05Compare numbers using the number line1 gameHead Start ELOF P-MATH 4 · Common Core K.CC.C.7 · EYFS M-PAT
- EI02ET05Sort objects by one attribute: color, shape or size1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 3, P-MATH 9 · Common Core K.MD.B.3
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingColors, shapes and patternsLetters and wordsStories and reading
The 14 games of Ostrich Road
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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House number
In the city, each house has a number on the door, and the letter has the same number. Look closely: some numbers look alike!
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Split the words
In the letter, all the words got stuck together! Listen to the sentence, look at the picture and tap the last letter of each word to split them.
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Make the invitation
An invitation calls friends to a party! Listen to who is inviting, who it is for, what party it is, where and when. Tap a card and then its place on the invitation.
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Shopping list
A list helps you not forget anything at the market! Listen to what the ostrich is going to buy and make the list: on each line, how many and what.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Sentence without spaces
When we write, we leave a little space between words. There's no picture here: listen to the sentence, read the letters and split each word.
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Street and number
Now there's more than one street, and the streets have houses with the same numbers! Read the street name written on the letter and then find the number.
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Note
A note is a short message: who it is for, who it is from and the message. Listen and read the cards carefully, because the words look alike!
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Mail carrier route
Odd numbers are on one side of the street and even numbers on the other. The ostrich delivers in order: first the house with the smallest number, then the next one, up to the biggest.
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Stuck-together words
Long sentences with tiny words in the middle, like is, a, I, the, in! Listen carefully and split each one, even the one-letter words.
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Envelope
For the letter to arrive, the envelope needs the name, the street and the house number. Listen to the address and pick the right cards: some names, streets and numbers look very alike!
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Road party
Region party
The ostrich delivered all the letters and invited everyone to the mail party! Let's remember invitations, lists, notes, envelopes and the spaces between words.
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Party mail
Region party
The party letters need to get there! There are letters with a picture, with a number, with the street name and with a route.
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Party words
Region party
At the party, the invitations arrived with the words stuck together! Split each one.
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