Finish the pattern — Little Play Square
What's on the screen
5 pictures stand in a row, and only the last 1 on the right is an empty spot marked with a dotted outline. Below it are 2 pictures to choose from.
How to play
Look at the row and press the picture that belongs in the empty spot, out of the 2 below. When it is the right one, it drops into the spot and the 5 bounce from left to right as the sound climbs. When the other one is pressed, only that picture wobbles and the row stays as it was, so it can be chosen again straight away.
This game sits in Games for ages 3 and 4. 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 Finish the pattern 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 3 and 4
- Trace it — Trace a finger over the glowing dots and the path you pass colors in. Straying from the line never sends you back to the start.
- Marble and drums — Tap a shelf to set a ramp there; each tap changes its direction. Tap the marble at the top and it rolls down, turning on the ramps you set, and hits one of the drums at the bottom, which rings. Whichever drum it reaches, the response is the same, and there is no score and no right answer.
- Make a tune — Press a square to choose a note and it sounds right away, so you can check it. Playback runs once at a time and never loops on.