level 1 | mathematics | puzzlepages | my-first-directions

Description

Rainbow Express is a digital puzzle game teaching colors, logical problem solving, and spatial reasoning.

On the easiest difficulty,

  • You get a small road network.
  • One place is marked as “home”.
  • Your car starts somewhere else.
  • Tap the screen to move the car in that direction, and try to get it home.

It contains 5 difficulty levels. Later difficulties add …

  • Multiple cars (of different colors). So you need to recognize and match colors, as well as make sure their routes don’t overlap.
  • Colored stars to pick up along the way. This usually means only one valid route is possible at all.
  • Larger networks and longer routes, requiring more planning ahead.
  • Picking the right order for driving the cars yourself (on highest difficulty).

As expected, the game has no text, numbers, or complex actions. Just tap left/right/up/down from your current car to move it. Thanks to these clever rules, though, it is an actual puzzle that will challenge older kids and adults too (at higher difficulties)!

In the settings you can turn on extra help such as audio cues or an extra grid overlay reinforcing where roads start and stop. Additionally, you can play one of four modes: colors, shapes, numbers, and letters.

Have fun and keep learning!

Details

  • ✔️ Pay once, use forever, however.
  • ✔️ No hidden costs or data tracking.
  • ✔️ No sign-up required.
  • ✔️ No difficult licenses or restrictions.
  • ✔️ Instantly arrives in your inbox. (Check spam folder!)
  • ✔️ Fun and effective!

Product Contents

  • The puzzle game for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Browsers.

Fine Details

DetailValue
Age4
Colortrue
Interactive Mediatrue
Languageen
Level1
Player Count1
Subjectmathematics
Textlesstrue
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Subject: Mathematics

The curriculum is split into six main subjects that align with your typical school subjects.

This resource is part of the Mathematics subject. Below is a summary:

This subject teaches Mathematics from first principles to calculus. Level 1 explores the basic skills needed before you do any counting or see any numbers (such as grouping and comparing objects). Level 2(+) can then introduce numbers, counting, addition, multiplication, and more.

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Faction: Puzzlepages

This resource is part of the Puzzlepages Faction.

But that's just one way to teach and explore its topic(s)!

You can always move to a different Faction to find a more effective way to teach the same topic.

Played a quiz? Try a game! Played a game? Try an escape room! And so on.

For example,

Charm: Puzzle Game

This product is part of the Puzzle Game charm.

Visit its main page to learn more about what that means. Below is a summary:

These are digital games that offer fun little challenges for Apprentices to solve, letting them explore and practice a topic all on their own. Most games do not require reading, counting, or computer skills (unless they specifically teach those things), and always offer endless puzzles at five different difficulty levels.

Check out How To Install Our Games for help.

Spell: My First Directions

This resource is part of the My First Directions topic (or "spell").

We live in a physical world where everything has a certain place. It’s pretty useful to learn the right words to tell people where things are or where they should go. This topic helps with that!

This resource also covers other topics. To keep things simple, the curriculum always considers the first topic listed to be the most important.

Use the buttons below to navigate to the previous or next topic in the curriculum.

My First Gross Motor Skills »

Ready for the next step?

The Spell (or "educational topic") of this product is My First Directions.

Use the buttons to navigate to the next or previous Spell. It selects a product of the same type if possible. Otherwise it brings you to the overview page.

Or visit the Full Curriculum overview.

Try another approach?

The Faction (or "product type") of this product is Puzzlepages.

This approach might work for some Apprentices but not for others! That's why we recommend exploring each topic in a variety of ways.

Maybe a (different) game works better? Or a quiz, story, or escape room? Below are some random suggestions.