Brushing teeth — Little Play Square
What's on the screen
One animal face sits in the middle, mouth wide open and waiting. The animals are a dog, a cat and a rabbit, 3 kinds in all, and the top and bottom teeth have a pale cream tint over them. There are no other buttons to press.
How to play
Rub anywhere on the screen and bubbles appear with a swishing sound. Rubbing over the teeth turns each one white, and a little star appears beside it. Once they are all white, the bubbles float away and the animal shows its teeth in a big smile, and a moment later the next animal opens its mouth. Tapping alone also makes the teeth white, and there is no counting, no score and no ending.
This game sits in Games for ages 0 and 1. The age is only a guide, so children older than that and children younger than that are just as welcome to play it.
What this game doesn't have
- Time limits and scoresThere is no countdown, no score and no run of days in a row.
- Game overThere is no state that stops a child from going on. You can stop the moment interest runs out.
- Ads and purchasesNothing can be pressed by mistake that carries a child off to another site.
- Text fieldsNo name and no email address is ever asked for. There is no sign-up either.
How to start
Just open Little Play Square and pick the Brushing teeth picture on the home screen. Once it has finished loading, it starts up the same way in places with no signal. Sound is switched with the speaker mark on the home screen (it steps through normal, off and quiet, so the first press turns it off).
More from Games for ages 0 and 1
- Washing hands — Rub over both hands and little clumps of bubbles build up on them. Once they are covered, sweep down from the top and water from the tap rinses the bubbles away, and tiny stars appear by the hands. Tapping works too, and there is no ending or score.
- Shine the light — The room is dark, and wherever a finger rests a round light switches on there. Three sleeping animals wake and call out when the light reaches them, and drift back to sleep once it moves away. The light never goes out, and nothing ever ends.
- Sun stroll — Press anywhere in the sky and the sun comes across to that spot; then it can be moved left and right. Toward the left the sky turns to morning and toward the right to night, the colors changing smoothly on the way, and a rooster calls in the morning and an owl at night. Letting go leaves the sky just as it is; it never moves on by itself.