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Games that are about you.

Each game practices one real skill, like naming a feeling or calming down. They're sorted by age, from Pre-K to Grade 12. Play solo, or put one on the big screen with your group.

Emotion DecoderPre-K · with a grown-up nearby
For the grown-ups

Play it side by side. After each face, make the face at each other, then ask, "When did you feel like that?" Turn on read-aloud for kids who aren't reading yet. It uses the browser's built-in voice.

All games, by age.

New games land here as they're finished. Each one practices a single skill, so you always know what it's for.

Pre-KCurious Explorer
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Practices: reading feelings on faces

Emotion Decoder

Look at the face, name the feeling. Clues when you're stuck, and it reads aloud for pre-readers.

K-5
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Practices: calming down

Build Your Calm Corner

Put together your own calm-down space, one choice at a time.

K-5Coming soon
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Practices: thinking + problem-solving

Brain Builder

Puzzles and challenges for a growing brain.

K-5Coming soon
Grades 6-8Growing Thinker
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Practices: solving friendship problems

Friendship Fix-It

Something went sideways with a friend. Figure out what happened and what to try next.

Grades 6-8Coming soon
Grades 9-12Independent Pathfinder
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Practices: decisions + money

Lifeline

An interactive story where your decisions shape your future, emotionally and financially.

Grades 9-12Coming soon

Nothing picked in these games is saved or sent anywhere. Close the tab and it's gone.