Twelve tiny browser toys, in four families. Each turns one gesture into a small workout for a specific cognitive skill, from attention to prediction to mental rotation. Made by aaryaa as a play-based-learning study. The label under each card names the skill it exercises. Pick one and press, drag, or let go.
Some skills
are better played
than taught.
Hold
Press and hold. Attention kept in one place, over time.
Draw
Drag a line. A gesture you can see and hear at once.
Let go
Aim, release, and read what your rules produce.
Look
Track it, uncover it, turn it to fit. Ways of seeing closely.
A study in embodied inquiry: exercising a cognitive skill by doing it, not reading about it. One self-contained page, no backend, works offline once loaded. Sound is on in several toys. Best with the volume up.
What does patience feel like?
01 · Hold · impulse control
wait
Press and hold anywhere. Keep holding. Growth speeds up the longer you wait. Let go too soon and it wilts.
0 bloomed
Can you draw with sound?
04 · Draw · cross-sensory mapping
voice
Drag to draw a line. Height becomes pitch, width becomes time. The sweep loops your drawing back as a melody.
What happens if you let go?
07 · Let go · systems thinking
pull
Drag from anywhere to pull back a seed, then let go to fling it. Seeds pull on each other and settle into constellations.
0 seeds adrift
Can you stay still?
02 · Hold · sustained attention
focus
Press and hold, then keep your hand still. A steady hand feeds the light. Any drift lets it fade.
0 stilled
How well do you feel time?
03 · Hold · time perception
span
Press and hold for the target length. No clock. Let go when you think the time is up.
0 on target
Can you hold a pattern?
05 · Draw · working memory
length
Watch the dots light up in order. Then tap them back in the same order.
level 3
Where does it go next?
06 · Draw · pattern prediction
rule
The line stops halfway. Draw its continuation to the right edge. Then see the real path.
—
Can you picture the path?
08 · Let go · mental simulation
gravity
Drag to aim, then let go. Gravity curves the seed. Guide it through the ring.
0 hits
What causes what?
09 · Let go · causal reasoning
parts
Goal: make the seeds gather. Change the rule until they do.
0 solved
Can you stay with it?
10 · Look · visual tracking
speed
Keep your pointer on the light as it wanders. Stay on it to build your streak. Drift off and it resets.
0.0s best
Can you find it?
11 · Look · visual search
reach
Wipe away the fog to find the hidden light. Try to find it with as little wiping as you can.
0 found
Can you turn it to fit?
12 · Look · mental rotation
shape
Drag around the center to rotate the shape until it lands on the faint silhouette.
0 matched