The game guide · Joy
How to play A Celebration in Steps
Give a tiny celebration a beginning, middle and finish. Put the numbered steps into ascending order. This small sequencing puzzle gives an everyday theme a clear beginning and finish, with room to consider what the steps suggest.
Your starting point
Give a tiny celebration a beginning, middle and finish.
The rules
Tap the numbered steps from smallest to largest. Each correct tap adds a step to your journey. If a step is out of order, use the feedback to find the next number.
A helpful approach
Find the smallest number first, then look for the next one before tapping. The ordered trail keeps completed steps visible while you choose what comes next. Notice a modest delight rather than waiting for a perfect day.
After the game
Which real task would feel clearer if you named only its next small step? Which ordinary moment would you like to celebrate with someone who might have missed it?
There is no need to turn a small moment into a perfect performance. Play again if you want to explore it, or leave it here and take the thought into your day.
The feeling behind it
A burst of colour, a shared laugh, a tiny reason to celebrate. Joy can be loud, quiet, brief or completely unexpected.
A living music and dance tradition inspires this celebration; frevo is not a synonym for joy.
Read our joy story, inspired by Frevo in Recife, Brazil. The UNESCO: Frevo, performing arts of the Carnival of Recife provides the source context.
Share the invitation
A little pocket of joy, just for you. Try A Celebration in Steps with me, if you fancy a little joy today.
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