Curiosity Lab · Temperature

Hot & Cold Lab

Your child sorts pictured things or chooses an answer about temperature, clothing or a shown change. Some scenes ask for a prediction before showing what happens. Later questions compare thermometer bars or arrange an ice-to-water sequence. All temperature work stays on screen, with no need to touch hot or cold objects.

Play Hot & Cold Lab free Ages 2–6

Free for every family until 20 November 2026Every game and level. No card needed.

Two baskets, Usually hot and Usually cold, and a hot drink, a pot of stew, an ice cube and a snowman to sort. — A real screen from the game’s first level.

What it practises

Use hot, warm, cool and cold in pictured examples
Compare the heights of pictured thermometer bars
Order a shown change from ice to water

How the levels grow

Seed Level 1
Sprout Level 2
Bloom Level 3
Flourish Level 4
Shine Level 5

Both age bands use the same content banks, and each level draws from its own bank. Level 1 includes hot/cold sorting, clothing choices and asking an adult around hot objects. Level 2 moves to warm/cool words, sunshine-and-shade comparisons and melting or cooling scenes. Level 3 includes thermometer comparisons, an ordered ice-to-water sequence, shade placement and freezing. Levels 4–5 reuse the level 3 bank. Levels 1–3 select five scenarios; levels 4–5 select six, so the longer sessions revisit the upper bank's topics.

Ages 2–4 play on the Pre-Nursery path and ages 4–6 on the Kindergarten path. Good play climbs a level; a hard day holds it, and a level earned is never taken away.

What you might notice

Does your child compare the bars rather than count marks?
Can they describe what changed in a pictured sequence?

Try it at home

Draw a steaming bowl and an ice cube on paper. Discuss the temperature words in the pictures, explaining that an adult handles hot food and objects. Invite your child to draw a coat or light clothing for a pretend character in suitable weather.

Not in this game: The game does not practise reading a numbered temperature scale in degrees.