Here comes the wolf
Here comes the wolf is a piece-fitting puzzle. The board has kittens on it and, sometimes, a wolf. Each piece is a patch of garden with one little house, and the pieces come in different shapes. A green circle marks the kittens that must end up inside a house, and an orange one those that stay out in the open, with no piece on top.
What children practise
- Spatial awareness: turning a piece in your head before placing it.
- Logical reasoning with conditions: inside a house or out in the open.
- Recognising shapes: two-square pieces, L-shapes and three in a row.
- Planning how to fit every piece without overlaps.
Levels and settings
Easy
2 pieces with houses on a 3 x 3 board. Two solved puzzles win.
Medium
3 pieces. From Y2, the board is bigger and shaped like a cross.
Hard
4 pieces on the cross-shaped board; in Early years and Y1, 3 pieces on the 3 x 3 board.
Night and day
At night the wolf comes and must stay outside; by day, the kittens want to play in the garden.
How to play it in class
- Open Here comes the wolf and choose the year group and difficulty: board size and number of pieces set themselves.
- In teams, both sides solve the same puzzle; for solo play, pick a single player.
- Look at the circles: green means the kitten goes inside a house; orange means it stays out in the open.
- Drag each piece onto the board and tap it to turn it. While you carry it, the squares show green if it fits and red if not.
- With everyone in place, that is a point. The first to finish the set number of puzzles wins.
Ways to play
In teams, at the same time
The screen splits in two and each team plays on its own half at the same time.
For one player
One child plays on the whole screen at their own pace: on the whiteboard, a computer or a tablet.
Frequently asked questions
How do I turn a piece?
With a tap. Each tap turns it a quarter turn, both in the tray and once it is on the board.
Could a puzzle be solved in more than one way?
No. Each puzzle is checked when it is created so that only one way of placing the pieces meets every condition.
Does it work for children who cannot read yet?
Yes. Everything that matters is in the picture: the wolf, the kittens and the coloured circles.
Is it free?
You can play 5 free games without signing up. After that, a one-off payment of €9.99 unlocks all 78 games for ever, on all your devices. There is no subscription.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It opens in the browser of the interactive whiteboard, panel, computer, tablet or iPad. Once loaded, it also works offline.
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