A tiny, trembling voice came from the tablet’s speaker. It was Don Acorn. “Lucía! The Grouch Cloud has mixed up all our games! The colors are in the shape game, the numbers are in the music game, and all my animal shadows are lost!”

“I can fix it,” Lucía said, sitting up straight. She was only five, but she knew how to play.

But one rainy Tuesday afternoon, something went wrong.

Don Acorn did a little flip. “You did it, Lucía! You’ve earned the Golden Acorn badge!”

That night, Lucía told her grandmother everything over a bowl of soup. Her grandmother hugged her tight. “You see?” Grandmother said. “Online games for five-year-olds aren’t just about tapping. They’re about thinking, listening, and being kind—even to a grumpy cloud.”

Tap. Drag. Pop! When she matched them correctly, the animal would giggle and a tiny star would float up to the sky. Lucía had collected ninety-seven stars. She was only three stars away from unlocking the Golden Acorn badge.

Lucía’s favorite game was In this game, a friendly squirrel named Don Acorn would show a shadow on the left side of the screen. On the right side, three little animals—a frog, a hedgehog, or a bluebird—would wiggle. Lucía had to tap the correct animal and drag it to its shadow.