Head to Toe, Tassie Devil
Naming the parts of your body: hear it, then find it on you
How it plays
The Tassie Devil asks for a part of the body ("Tap your knee!") and a few soft circles glow on a child who looks like yours: the same skin and hair chosen on What Makes Me. Tap the right one and she says "Yes, your knee!"; tap another and she names it ("That's your elbow!") and asks again, so every tap teaches a word. Face parts get a close-up, so nothing is too small to tap. It starts with head, tummy, hands and feet and works up to chin, cheek and shoulder, adding a circle or two as your child gets the hang of it. Everyday words only, and the body stops at the shorts.
What it's for
Naming the parts of your body: hear it, then find it on you. It adapts as your child plays: after a few rounds that go well it steps up a little, and after a couple of hard ones it quietly steps back. The level number only ever goes up.
There is no score to lose and no way to fail. A wrong move is met with a gentle nudge, and a level ends when it's won.
Away from the screen: Simon says, body parts
About two minutes, with things most homes have.
- Play Simon says, one body part at a time: "Simon says touch your elbow."
- Swap: your child is Simon and you touch the parts.
- Add a tricky one now and then: "Simon says touch your chin with your knee!"
Three questions to ask while they play
- Can you show me that part on you?
- What does that part help you do?
- How many of those do you have?
If they find it hard
Play it on your lap and say the part out loud together, pointing to it on your child as they tap.
A sheet to print
Print the Head to Toe, Tassie Devil sheet
One A4 page, in black and white or colour.
What it practises
- My body. Naming the parts of the body, and how they work: from knees and elbows (Head to Toe) to the heart's atria and ventricles (the What Makes Me tours).
AC9S1U01 (Science, Year 1); AC9HPFM03 (Health and Physical Education, Foundation)
The codes are from the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (for three- to five-year-olds) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2). Each links to the official wording. Every skill, and the games for it.
What it costs, and what we collect
Nothing, and nothing. There is no account, no advertising and no tracking of any kind. Which games have been played is remembered on your own device and is never sent anywhere. The full version is here, and it's short.
Where it lives
Head to Toe, Tassie Devil lives in The Cosy Burrow — feelings, calm and my body. It works on a phone, a tablet or a classroom screen, and once it's been opened it keeps working with no signal at all.