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The Rascal and the King's Daughter
Fairy tale
Age : 10-12
time
strategy creative thinking problem solving self-confidence
How many drops
Riddle
Age : 7-9 10-12 13+
logic the zero
The Three Little Pigs
Animal tale
Age : 3-4 5-6
strategy
The Weight of the Statue
Riddle tale
Age : 10-12
fractions equations
problem solving error handling self-confidence
The mountain goat
Fairy tale
Age : 7-9
orders of magnitude
self-confidence
The Key
Wisdom tale
Age : 7-9
logic self-reference
critical thinking strategy error handling self-confidence perseverance collaboration
The two bear cubs too greedy and the fox
Animal tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
addition subtraction size comparison equality and inequality fractions convergence limits
problem solving
The rooster Kirico
Cumulative tales
Age : 5-6 7-9
scheduling classification
problem decomposition
The Story of Ommi Sissi
Cumulative tales
Age : 7-9
Six birds on a branch
Riddle
Age : 3-4 5-6 7-9 10-12
numbers
The Account
Fairy tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
multiplication
And yet
Riddle
Age : 7-9
logic
critical thinking creative thinking error handling perseverance collaboration
The intelligent daughter of the farmer
Riddle tale
Age : 10-12 13+
logic
creative thinking self-confidence
The Disciple's Share
Facetious tale
Age : 7-9
division equality and inequality convergence limits logic
The Lyre Player
Fairy tale
Age : 7-9
logic probabilities
creative thinking error handling self-confidence
Dido's ruse
Tale
Age : 10-12 13+
geometric shapes orders of magnitude optimization
creative thinking self-confidence perseverance
L'Enfant
Facetious tale
Age : 10-12
recursivity
The multiplication table
Nursery rhyme
Age : 7-9
multiplication numbers
The Farmer's will
Riddle tale
Age : 10-12 13+
division fractions prime numbers
problem solving
The Eye
Wisdom tale
Age : 10-12
equality and inequality multiplication
The Little Red Hen
Animal tale
Age : 3-4 5-6
logic construction planning
The longest word
Riddle
Age : 7-9
dimensions self-reference
critical thinking
How to fill the house?
Etiological tale
Age : 3-4
geometric shapes
creative thinking problem solving
The Wolf and the seven little goats
Animal tale
Age : 5-6
equality and inequality logic
critical thinking
The cutest little mouse
Cumulative tales
Age : 5-6
size comparison logic orders of magnitude
strategy
Man and his shadow
Wisdom tale
Age : 10-12
size comparison measures orders of magnitude
critical thinking perseverance
The Groumf Hunt
Cumulative tales
Age : 5-6
size comparison
creative thinking error handling self-confidence perseverance collaboration
The Eye of Horus
Tale
Age : 10-12
size comparison dimensions including part of the whole fractions convergence limits numbers orders of magnitude powers
problem solving
Fair sharing
Animal tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
problem solving error handling
The Territory
Animal tale
Age : 5-6
size comparison geometric shapes measures
strategy
Two outputs for one input
Riddle
Age : 5-6
size comparison
creative thinking error handling self-confidence perseverance collaboration
The Hare and the Tortoise
Animal tale
Age : 7-9
equality and inequality measures time
perseverance
The Gingerbread Man
Cumulative tales
Age : 3-4
count
There were five in the nest
Nursery rhyme
Age : 3-4 5-6
count numbers
problem decomposition
Skeletons
Nursery rhyme
Age : 5-6
count numbers time
The Intelligent Bride
Wisdom tale
Age : 7-9
logic
creative thinking problem solving
Ten little dogs
Nursery rhyme
Age : 5-6
addition subtraction count
Le Ouistiti
Fairy tale
Age : 10-12
geometric shapes
The mountains of Calabria
Fairy tale
Age : 7-9
recursivity
self-confidence perseverance
The Legend of the Three Sisters
Legend
Age : 7-9 10-12
equality and inequality measures scheduling classification
creative thinking
Le Géant
Cumulative tales
Age : 7-9
recursivity
error handling
The Quick Thinker
Riddle tale
Age : 7-9 10-12 13+
size comparison orders of magnitude
creative thinking error handling self-confidence
Grandpa and the turnip
Facetious tale
Age : 3-4 5-6
addition subtraction count
collaboration
The Legend of Chess
Legend
Age : 10-12
multiplication numbers orders of magnitude powers
Garbancito
Fairy tale
Age : 5-6 7-9
measures
The Three Goats
Animal tale
Age : 3-4
size comparison
strategy
A Sheet
Riddle
Age : 7-9
geometric shapes
critical thinking creative thinking
The three scientists and the apple
Facetious tale
Age : 10-12
angles equality and inequality geometric shapes
collaboration
The Mittens
Cumulative tales
Age : 3-4 5-6
addition subtraction capacity estimate count measures
The Forest of the Century
Riddle
Age : 10-12
division including part of the whole multiplication numbers orders of magnitude
critical thinking strategy problem solving self-confidence
Half a chicken
Animal tale
Age : 7-9
construction planning
strategy problem solving perseverance
Spell it out in two letters
Riddle
Age : 7-9
self-reference
critical thinking creative thinking
The Wisdom of a judge
Facetious tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
size comparison
problem solving
Small and round as a penny
Riddle
Age : 7-9
geometric shapes
critical thinking strategy creative thinking perseverance collaboration
Geometric shapes
Riddle
Age : 10-12
angles geometric shapes
problem solving
La Cacahuète
Cumulative tales
Age : 5-6
size comparison scheduling classification
The one that disappears when you name it
Riddle
Age : 5-6
logic self-reference
critical thinking creative thinking error handling self-confidence perseverance collaboration
The twelve animals
Animal tale
Age : 5-6 7-9
count scheduling classification
strategy
The blind man on Baghdad Bridge
Wisdom tale
Age : 7-9
addition subtraction division powers
problem decomposition
The Peasant of Isfahan
Wisdom tale
Age : 10-12
self-reference
problem solving self-confidence
Papa Big-Nose
Fairy tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
problem solving error handling collaboration
The Cat and the Meat
Facetious tale
Age : 7-9 10-12
including part of the whole equality and inequality logic measures
Count to ten
Etiological tale
Age : 3-4
count
creative thinking
City of seven bridges
Author tale
Age : 7-9
graphs
creative thinking problem solving
The Five Breads
Riddle tale
Age : 7-9
division fractions logic
critical thinking strategy problem solving
Oak carrier
Riddle
Age : 7-9
creative thinking error handling self-confidence perseverance collaboration
Times of life
Etiological tale
Age : 7-9
addition subtraction time
critical thinking
La oca de Navidad
Riddle tale
Age : 7-9 10-12 13+
division optimization
creative thinking self-confidence
Yes or No
Riddle
Age : 5-6
logic
critical thinking creative thinking problem solving self-confidence perseverance collaboration
A Bird
Riddle
Age : 7-9
logic
critical thinking creative thinking error handling perseverance collaboration
The Hunter and the Nut
Wisdom tale
Age : 10-12
convergence limits probabilities time the zero
strategy creative thinking self-confidence perseverance