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Early years activities at home: a guide for parents

Start with what your child enjoys today: counting toys, hearing a rhyme, following a path or sharing a story. These guides help you choose a Girafoufou activity and take the same idea into everyday play.

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INSIDE THE ENGLISH GAMEGirafoufou’s garden, a quiet place to grow vegetables between activities
Girafoufou’s garden, a quiet place to grow vegetables between activities

Age is a starting point

The guides for three, four and five offer different examples. They do not prescribe what a child must know on a birthday. Use the easier idea whenever it makes the activity more enjoyable. In England, Nursery, Reception and Year 1 are useful context; school stages and starting ages differ across the UK.

Keep a grown-up in the picture

A short shared moment gives you a chance to notice what the child is doing: counting each object once, listening for an ending or turning a puzzle piece in their mind. There is no need to turn that moment into a test. The printable off-screen ideas work with ordinary household objects and do not require an account.

Questions
from parents.

Are these official teaching programmes?

No. These are practical guides to activities in Girafoufou, written by the team that makes the game. Educational sources provide context, not an endorsement of the product.

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Learning games for 3 year olds: look, touch and explore

Count three objects, match pictures and explore a talking picture book. Calm learning games for three-year-olds, with simple ideas to try off screen.

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Learning games for 4 year olds: sounds, numbers and puzzles

Explore letter sounds, compare groups and try a picture puzzle at four. British English voice guidance and a grown-up’s guide to choosing the next step.

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Learning games for 5 year olds: first words and number bonds

Try blending short words, number bonds and early addition at five. See what Girafoufou offers, how to help and when to choose an easier activity.

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Choose a preschool app: a practical checklist for parents

Check adverts, voice guidance, costs, privacy and stopping points before choosing a preschool app. A practical checklist, with Girafoufou’s limits explained.

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Offline learning games: prepare before you travel

Prepare Girafoufou before a journey, test the activities without a connection and know what still needs internet. Includes simple travel games off screen.

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Help your child start reading with sounds and shared stories

Explore sounds, blending and short stories in British English. Practical ways to help at home while following the phonics approach your child uses at school.

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Nursery and Reception learning: where playful practice fits

Connect everyday play with early numbers, sounds and mark making. See where Girafoufou can support practice and what an app cannot replace.

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French for preschoolers: listen, look and find

Discover first French words with pictures and a gentle voice: animals, food and more. No microphone or speaking test, just a first taste of another language.

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Free learning games for 3 year olds: what the trial includes

Try Girafoufou’s discovery games without a card or account. Understand the free trial, paid family access and how to choose a comfortable starting point.

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About Girafoufou: a little world made by two friends

Meet the people behind Girafoufou and the choices behind its calm learning games: voice guidance, no adverts, family access and time away from screens.

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About this guide

Product guide by the Girafoufou team. Updated . The activities described here are checked against the English game.

Educational context, not an endorsement of Girafoufou:

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The discovery games are free to try without a card or account. Full family access is paid. Check Prices for the current plans in pounds; changing between French and British English does not require another purchase.

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