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Water the little plant
The platypus planted seeds by the spring! Every day, look at the soil: dry soil needs water, wet soil doesn't. Then tap End of day.
Platypus Spring
Educational games for kids ages 2 to 6
In the spring’s lab: tend the little plants day after day, roll cars down ramps and make music with water bottles.
- games
- 14
- years old
- 2 to 6
- BNCC goals
- 9
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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
- EI03ET02Observe and describe changes in nature and materials8 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1, P-SCI 6 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI02ET03Care for plants and animals together with other people5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI03ET01Compare sizes, weights and other features of objects5 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8 · Common Core K.MD.A.2
- EI03ET04Record observations and amounts with drawings, numbers and tally marks2 gamesHead Start ELOF P-MATH 5, P-SCI 6 · Common Core K.CC.A.3, K.MD.B.3 · EYFS M-NUM
- EI02ET01Explore and describe differences in size, weight and texture of objects1 gameHead Start ELOF P-MATH 8, P-SCI 1 · Common Core K.MD.A.1 · EYFS UW-NW
- EI02ET02Observe the weather and nature: sun, rain, wind and cold1 gameHead Start ELOF P-SCI 1 · 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
Themes in this region:Numbers and countingSizes and measuresNature and animalsSounds and music
The 14 games of Platypus Spring
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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Sun or shade?
A little plant in the dark turns pale and stretches toward the light. In sun that's too strong, the leaves get burned. Take each one to the right place!
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High ramp, low ramp
The platypus built block ramps for the toy cars! Look at how high each ramp is, say which car will go farther and let go to see.
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Lowest bottle
Tap a bottle gently and it sings! Tap each bottle, listen and find out which one makes the deepest sound, the low one, or the thinnest sound, the high one.
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Smooth or rough?
The ramps are the same height, but one is carpet, one is wood and one is ice. On smooth ones the car slides more! Say which one will go and let go.
5 and 6 year olds
Bigger challenges and the party that reviews everything the child learned.
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Plant diary
Now it's up to you: water, sun or shade? Look at the soil and the leaves every day and see in the diary what you did.
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Hit the flag
Now you build the ramp! Change the height and the surface of the ramp and let the car go until it stops on the flag's yellow stripe.
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Same sound
Add or take away water from your bottle until it sings just like the model bottle. When the model is covered, only your ears can help!
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Sound ladder
Make a sound ladder: the first bottle with the lowest sound and each one after it higher than the one before. More water, lower sound!
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Which goes farther?
Now the ramps change height and surface at the same time! Think about both things before you guess.
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Spring garden
The garden grew and now there are two little plants, each one with its own needs! Choose water, sun or shade and tap the right pot.
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Spring party
Region party
The platypus called everyone to the spring science fair! Let's remember the little plants, the ramps and the bottles.
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Party ramp
Region party
There's a toy car race at the fair! Make guesses and build ramps to hit the flag.
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Party bottles
Region party
The fair band plays with bottles! Find the lowest and the highest sound, copy the model and build the sound ladder.
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