Tanglehedge
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Math practice for the whole family
The math board game you play together.
Grown-ups and children sit down as one team, around one screen. Each child answers riddles at their own grade, K to 5, so a five-year-old, a ten-year-old and you all help the same team.
Free during beta. No sign-up.
Plays in the browser on Android, Chromebook, iPad and laptops.
Coming soon to Google Play and the App Store.
Your youngest
Counting and adding, with a picture on the riddle.
Your eldest
Fractions and times tables, at their own grade.
You, the grown-up (the Lantern-Bearer)
You roll, move and plan with them. You never answer, so the thinking stays theirs. Grown-ups’ Corner, below, is yours.
Nobody is ranked against a teammate. A younger child’s right answer is worth exactly as much to the team as an older one’s.
For grown-upsTap Grown-ups’ Corner on the first screen. It shows a number in words, like “six hundred forty-two”, and you type it in digits. That keeps young children out. Inside are three things.
What they’re learning now
Each child gets their own list of topics, with only the ones in their grade. All of them are checked at first. Uncheck what your child hasn’t learned yet. Their riddles then come only from the checked topics.
In Grade 2, measuring means clocks and money. To check them all again, tap Use whole grade.
Promise Seed
Plant a small treat for the whole team. Only you see what it is. The children see a seed that grows as they play.
You can limit how many riddles count each day. Because of the number at the door, a young child can’t write their own promise.
Never tied to points, speed or scores. One seed for the whole team, so siblings never race.
How they’re doing
Say Bea keeps getting 52 − 17 wrong. The report tells you why: she takes the smaller digit from the bigger one, so she writes 45. Then it gives you something to try at home, like a game with five crackers. It also shows you when she starts getting better.
It needs a few riddles in a topic before it can tell you anything. It stays on this device. The children don’t see it, and neither do we.
Make an Explorer Card for each player, with each child’s grade. In our pictures, Bea is in Grade 2, Nico is in Grade 4, and Mama plays as the Lantern-Bearer.
Roll the die and walk the hedge maze together.
Answer riddles to find the Rune Stones hidden in the maze.
Open the Sealed Gate, the door at the end of the maze, as a team. Nobody loses, and there is no clock.
A miss is a second try
Hoot names the likely slip, then a plain explanation. Never a scolding, never a game over.
Asking for help is part of the game
Every child gets three Wisdom Scrolls, or hints, each game. Using one never takes anything away. Nothing rewards rushing.
Money in pesos
Money riddles use pesos and centavos, with the bills and coins you use every day.
Safe by designNo ads. No accounts. Nothing a child can buy. Nothing about your child ever leaves your device.
Once installed, Tanglehedge plays without internet or mobile data. Explorer Cards, progress and settings are saved on the device itself. It only goes online to get its own updates, and those carry nothing about your child.
Tanglehedge installs straight from the browser. There is nothing to download from a store. Installing makes it open like any other app, work offline, and keep your saves.
Tap Install on this device below, then Install. Or open the game in Chrome and find Install app in the menu.
Open the game in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. This matters here: without it, Safari may clear saves after a week away.
In Chrome or Edge, click the install icon at the end of the address bar.
Saves live in this browser on this device. Another browser or device starts fresh.
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