What is Golu's Town?
A street of pretend-play shops. In each one your child is the shopkeeper: a customer asks for something out loud, in your child's own language, and your child finds it on the shelf and puts it in the basket. The words are the ones they already know from the rest of the site — fruits, vegetables, food, clothes, flowers, instruments, sports, things at home and vehicles — so the town is where all that vocabulary finally gets used for something.
One game, many shops
Every shop works the same way on purpose. Once a child understands one, they can play all nine without help, and the only thing that changes is the words. That is how young children like it: a familiar game with a new surprise inside.
What children learn by playing shop
Listening and memory: holding "a banana and two apples" in mind while searching a shelf is real work at four. Counting with a purpose: three mangoes means three taps, counted out loud, and stopping at three. Vocabulary in use: naming a picture is one thing; fetching it because somebody asked is how a word becomes yours. Manners and turn-taking: please, thank you, and waiting for the next customer.
Age by age
The shops read your child's age from the ⚙ grown-ups settings. Two-year-olds get one thing to find from four. Three-year-olds get two things. Four-year-olds meet amounts up to three; five- and six-year-olds get three different things with amounts up to five. If it feels too easy or too hard, change the age there — nothing else is needed.
The best shop is on your floor
Every shop page ends with the same mission: play it for real. A few things from the kitchen, a bag, and buttons for money beat any screen. The things to do at home page has a cardboard town to build, and the printables include flashcards you can cut out and use as stock for your shop.
Now do it for real
When the screen goes off, do something with your hands. Try ⛵ Paper boat race — an easy science experiment for ages 3-6, with every step read aloud in your language. You will need two sheets of paper, a bucket or a tub of water; 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.