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