Interactive Game
Garden of Pairs
Every card is a seed packet in a walled garden. Turn one and it blooms; find its twin and the pair stays in flower, with a butterfly to prove it.
- Ages 3–11
Teacher guide · Story Lantern
Reading game for kids: how to play
Thirty readable stories — and a way to check they understood one.
Open the gameAt a glance
- Ages
- 5–10
- Players
- Whole class · One-to-one
- Time
- 5–15 min
- Prep
- Pick a story from the shelf
- Online lessons
- Works by screen share
- No wifi
- Keeps working once it has been opened
How to play
Pick a story built from the sounds they already know.
It appears on the lantern, one line at a time.
Tap any line to hear it read aloud.
Then put what happened back in order.
And answer three questions about it.
Variations
Three ways to play it differently once the class knows the rules.
Read it together
Read each line together as a class, then tap it to hear how it should sound.
Just one task
Short on time? Do just one of the three tasks: Put it in order, True or false, or Who, what, where.
Team questions
Turn Class Mode on and let the teams take turns answering the questions for points.
Best topics for this game
Word lists that suit it, with pictures and translations.
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