Every world and every game, before you play.

Hear a letter, then find it among the others.

Practises recognising letters among others.

Pick who the story is about, where it happens, a problem and how it's solved.

Practises putting a story together: who, where, a problem and how it's solved, then a first try that doesn't work, and how the hero feels at the end (3–8).

At this age a short story ending with how the hero feels (picture faces).

Tap a letter to hear it and the sound words start with.

Practises letter names and the sounds they start.

A dot shows the way, then the child traces the letter with a finger.

Practises letter shapes and pencil control.

Read-aloud stories with choices about what happens next.

Practises listening, choices and what happens next.

“How many?” Tap each thing once as you count.

Practises counting objects one by one.

“Find 4!” Match the number to the amount.

Practises matching numbers to amounts.

Which number is missing from the train?

Practises putting numbers in order.

What comes next: counting on, counting back, then in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Practises number patterns: counting on, counting back, then counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Trace the numbers 1 to 10, following the dot.

Practises writing numbers 1 to 10.

“Which one is bigger?” Then three animals, then real-life sizes.

Practises comparing sizes: two, then three, then thinking about real sizes.

Some animals are in the barn and its door shows how many. Count on from that number as you tap the ones outside.

Practises counting on: some animals are in the barn and its door shows how many; count on from that number as you tap the ones outside.

Find the pairs; later, pair each animal with its home and with its written name.

Practises remembering where things are, then pairing each animal with its home and with its written name.

Sort things by colour, into more groups as it grows.

Practises sorting by colour, into more groups as it grows.

A parade of colours: what comes next, then what is missing.

Practises colour patterns: what comes next, then what is missing.

Sort things into groups, then by more than one rule.

Practises sorting into groups, by more than one kind of rule.

Look at the pattern: what comes next?

Practises what comes next.

Hear a thing named, look carefully, and tap it.

Practises looking carefully and naming things.

Follow clues from world to world to find something hidden.

Practises following clues one by one across the worlds: animal homes, counting, colours, shapes, letters, sizes and food, then two facts at once in every clue.

At this age one fact per clue.

Place the animals so every row and column has one of each.

Practises reasoning step by step: one of each in every row and column.

“Let's build a house!” Fit the shapes into the picture, then build it from its shadow.

Practises fitting shapes into pictures, then picking the right pieces, then building from a shadow.

Steer along a road: read the signs, stop safely and collect what the route asks for.

Practises steering and watching ahead, reading signs, stopping safely, counting, and planning a route, over 120 levels in chapters.

At this age short, quiet routes: lanes, hops, stops and forks with picture signs; collect missions.

Tap a shape to hear its name and count its sides.

Practises shape names and sides.

“Put the pieces in the right places!” along a trail of jigsaws.

Practises putting parts together into a whole, along a 100-puzzle trail.

“Find the way!”, then “Collect the star, then find the way!”

Practises finding a path, then planning a two-part route.

Design a fish, then steer it on short sea adventures.

Practises building and designing, colours, patterns, looking carefully, remembering and how real fish live; then steering their own fish on sea adventures (eating, following a trail, hiding, bringing things home).

At this age short missions: eat, follow shells; generous reach, little darkness.

A drawing table with paints, stamps and stickers.

Practises free drawing, colours and stamps.

“Find the red one”, then find it among look-alike colours.

Practises finding a colour among others, then among look-alike colours.

A sound plays: “Who says this?” Tap the animal that made it.

Practises listening and animal sounds.

Paint the flowers in the garden, then sort, follow patterns and plan a colourful garden.

Practises naming and matching colours, then sorting, patterns and planning a colourful garden.

Mix two paints and see what colour they make.

Practises what happens when paints mix.

Tap an animal to hear its name.

Practises animal names.

Tap a hiding place and an animal pops out with its sound and its name.

Practises cause and effect: tap a hiding place and an animal pops out with its sound and name.

Drag each animal to where it lives.

Practises where animals live.

Play a xylophone and drums, follow a song note by note, or make a beat.

Practises rhythm, notes and following a tune.

At this age a four-step beat grid with three drums; Copy a beat with a hint.

Pictures of a morning routine: what comes next?

Practises what comes next in a routine (first, next, then; morning to night), from pictures.

Tap things around the home to hear their names.

Practises everyday words around the home.

“Can you find the cup?” Tap it in the room.

Practises finding things by name.

Put each thing where it belongs, then sort by more than one rule.

Practises sorting things where they belong, by more than one rule.

At this age where things belong, one rule.

“It's raining! Pick two things that keep us dry.”

Practises choosing what's needed and planning ahead.