Cognitive development
Stop, Fram!
The Mora characters will appear one at a time. Tap them all as fast as you can… but when the character in the rule appears, stop! Don’t tap it.
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For parents and caregivers
How Stop, Fram! supports your child’s development
Stop, Fram! looks like a speed game, but it actually trains the opposite: knowing how to stop. That ability to pause and think is one of the skills that most shapes how children learn and get along with others. Here we explain what it trains, how to support your child and how to practice it at home.
How to play
The Mora characters appear one at a time and your child taps them as fast as they can, except one: Fram. Since almost every character gets tapped, tapping becomes automatic and stopping in time is the real challenge. On the hard level, the rule changes halfway through and the character not to tap becomes Blu.
What they are learning
This game trains inhibitory control: the ability to stop an impulse and think before acting. Together with working memory and mental flexibility, it is one of the executive functions that help children wait their turn, focus in class, handle frustration and make better decisions. The rule change works on flexibility: adapting when something changes.
Ideas to keep going at home
- Play "red light, green light" or freeze dance: moving and suddenly stopping trains the same skill.
- Before buying something on a whim, practice counting to ten and asking "do I need it or do I want it?".
- Name the impulse when it shows up: "you really want it; what can we do while we wait?".
- Celebrate when they manage to stop, even for a moment: self-control is built with practice.
Connection to the book
The game is inspired by "Impulsivamente". Fram spends all his money on whims while Blu saves for something he really wants, and when Fram runs out, he learns a lesson in responsibility. Read the book together and talk about the difference between a passing wish and something that truly matters.
See the bookA tip from Mora: play together for a short while, 5 to 10 minutes, and talk when you finish. Screens work best as a starting point for family conversations rather than as a solo activity: real learning happens in the conversation, which is the heart of the Mora method.