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