How Flow Chart teaches kids to follow yes / no arrows from today’s facts
A parent guide to Tomorrow Kid’s Logic Lab Yes or No?—pinned today’s facts, yes/no path growth, wrong-turn fact highlights, decision-tree habit, and 8+ placement.
What Flow Chart is for
Tomorrow Kid’s Yes or No? world is Logic Lab’s Flow Chart puzzle (flow_chart). Today’s facts sit pinned at the top. Kids answer each yes/no question from those facts, follow the arrows, and land on the right ending—decision trees without typing any code.
Parent tip: say “check today, then follow the arrow” once before they play. The habit is reading a yes / no chart—facts first, then Yes ✓ or No ✗—not guessing from memory.
Where it lives
- Confirm the child’s age band reaches 8+ so the Yes or No? world is available in Logic Lab (Logic Lab itself appears from 7+)
- Open Logic Lab and tap the Yes or No? world (subtitle: “Check today's facts and follow the arrows”; kid chip: Follow the chart)
- Read the Today: facts row, answer each question, and watch the path grow with yes/no arrows
- Stars come from wrong turns; calm TTS and a fact highlight coach misses
For the broader Logic Lab overview (age gate, world ladders, Today’s puzzle), see the Logic Lab ages 7+ guide. This article owns the Flow Chart / Yes or No? deep-dive only.
Facts → yes/no → arrows → ending
Play runs in FlowChartGameView:
| Step | What kids do |
| --- | --- |
| Read today | Facts row at top shows each fact with ✓ or ✗ for today’s values |
| Answer | On the current question, tap Yes ✓ or No ✗ |
| Follow the path | Correct answers append an arrow and the next node; wrong answers wobble, highlight the matching fact, and nudge with TTS |
| Ending | Reaching an end node lights that tile; stars score from wrong-turn count (LogicStars.forMistakes) |
An intro “watch me” demo checks today’s facts and taps the first answer so kids see the arrow grow. Ending tiles stay visible so they can see where the chart might lead. Stars still feed the familiar Sticker Book economy.
Why yes / no charts matter (no typed code)
A flow chart is a decision tree: facts decide which branch to take. Parents can name that without saying “conditional” or “if/else”—kids discover it by checking rain/cold (or similar) facts, choosing Yes or No, and watching the path land on one ending.
That is distinct from:
- Robot Walk — plan blocks → ▶ run (sequencing, not yes/no charts); see the Robot Path guide
- Which Is Heaviest? — Balance Scale weighings; see the Balance Scale guide
- Guess My Number — Higher / Lower binary search on a number grid; see the Guess My Number guide
- Secret Codes — picture↔letter cipher wheel; see the Secret Codes guide
- Spot the Rule — function-machine / which-rule pattern finding; see the Spot the Rule guide
- Pixel Painter — pictures ↔ numbers (run-length codes); see the Pixel Painter guide
- Pass & Play Bug Hunt — two-player plan fixing; see the Pass & Play guide
- Today’s puzzle — one shared Home board per day; see the Today’s puzzle guide
A calm way to introduce it at home
- Confirm age band 8+ (Logic Lab visible from 7+) and open Logic Lab together.
- Clear one simpler world first (Robot Walk or Bug Hunt) so the list feels familiar.
- Open Yes or No?, let the intro demo check one fact and follow the arrow, and narrate “today says…”
- Let them finish one chart—celebrate the stars even if there were a few wrong turns.
- On a later session, ask them to point at the fact before tapping Yes or No, then stop after one board.
What to try next
Keep Yes or No? as the “follow the chart” stretch when decision trees feel ready (8+). Use Balance Scale for fewest-weighings stretch, Guess My Number for Higher / Lower search, and Today’s puzzle for the daily Home ritual. Ready to try it? Open Tomorrow Kid → Logic Lab → Yes or No?.