What this thinking game trains
Copy the Colours is a working memory game from the Think & Remember track for children age 5-6. Golu lights up colours in order. Tap them back in the same order. The game is slow on purpose: research on preschoolers finds that strategy and memory games grow executive function, while quick-reaction games do not. There is no timer and no wrong buzzer; a wrong tap gets the name of what was tapped, then a glow on the right answer, then Golu points.
Why it fits age 5-6
By five or six a child can plan two steps ahead and check their own answer, so this is the longest version of the game.
How to play
Golu speaks every instruction in your child's first language, with the picture names in both languages. Five rounds make a marble. If it feels too easy or too hard, the same game exists for age 2-3, age 3-4, age 4-5.
If it feels too hard or too easy
Change the age under the ⚙ grown-ups button and the same game gets easier or harder. Nothing is ever marked wrong: a wrong tap names what was tapped, then the right answer glows, then Golu points at it.
The same game without a screen
The Harvard Center on the Developing Child recommends exactly these games as everyday play. Try it with real things: clap a rhythm and have your child clap it back; make it one clap longer each time.
Now do it for real
When the screen goes off, do something with your hands. Try 🌳 Handprint tree — an easy craft for ages 2-5, with every step read aloud in your language. You will need paper, brown and green colour; nothing that needs a trip to a shop.
There are 56 more on the things to do at home page, and free printable worksheets if you would rather have something on paper. Ten minutes on a screen and twenty minutes off it is a good shape for a day at this age.
