Under the Sea: a parents’ guide
A free ocean game for toddlers and preschoolers aged 2–5, played in the web browser. Here is what your child will find, and how to enjoy it together.
What your child plays
Children follow a bubble into six calm ocean worlds, and every world is open from the start:
- Coral Garden: clownfish, blue tangs and butterflyfish on a colourful reef. Tap the anemone and a clownfish peeks out; the giant clam opens to show its pearls, and a turtle swims out from under the table coral.
- Seagrass Meadow: sea turtles, seahorses and a dugong in swaying seagrass.
- Little Tide Pool: sea stars, crabs and a pufferfish in shallow water.
- Whale’s Blue: a whale, dolphins and a manta ray in the open ocean.
- Kelp Hideaway: an octopus, a spotted ray and striped fish in a sea forest.
- Twilight Lagoon: moon jellyfish, a cuttlefish and glowing plankton in a softly lit goodnight sea.
In Free swim, little fingers simply tap and watch: fish do swimming tricks, crabs hold rallies, an octopus plays the drums, and a finger-drawn bubble trail leads a school of fish. In the sea book, children can look closer at every friend and watch it move.
What children learn
Each world has three optional adventures, eighteen in all. They bring in early learning one small step at a time: colours and animal names on the reef, counting from one to five in the meadow, shapes in the tide pool, big and small with the whale, stripes and spots in the kelp, and kindness to the sea, such as tidying litter into a basket.
Instructions are spoken and can be heard again with one tap. A wrong choice is never a failure: the game names the animal that was tapped and gives a gentle hint. Simple, accurate facts come with every animal, for example that dolphins come up to breathe air and that an octopus has eight arms.
Made for ages 2–5
Younger children enjoy free swim; older ones like the adventures. There are no timers, scores or lives, and nothing to lose. For a toddler from 18 months, Tiny Fingers is an even gentler start, and children of 3–7 can travel on to the planets in Space Hop.
Playing together
- Name the animals and their colours as your child finds them.
- Count out loud together in the counting adventures.
- Ask “Which one is big? Which one is small?” in Whale’s Blue.
- Talk about real sea animals: we look at them, and we don’t touch.
Devices and the home screen
Under the Sea runs in a modern web browser on a computer or tablet, with big, forgiving tap targets for small hands; phones work too, on a smaller screen. After the first visit it keeps working offline.
To open it like an app: on an iPad or iPhone, tap Share and then Add to Home Screen; on Android, open the browser menu and choose Add to Home screen or Install; in Chrome or Edge on a computer, use the install button in the address bar.
The grown-ups settings open when you hold the gear button for two seconds: gentle sounds, spoken learning, less movement and full screen.
Questions parents ask
Is Under the Sea free?
Yes. It plays free in the browser, with no account or sign-up.
Does my child need to read?
No. Spoken instructions, pictures and a replay button guide the play.
Are the animals real?
They are friendly cartoon versions of real sea animals, and the facts about them come from sources such as NOAA, the Smithsonian and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
More from JenisStore
See the Tiny Fingers guide and the Space Hop guide, or go back to all our free games for little ones. Ideas for a sea creature to add are always welcome at info@jenisstore.com.