Developer Builds KiddoLearn, a Browser-Based Mini-Game Platform with HTML, CSS and JavaScript

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A frontend developer has created KiddoLearn, a lightweight, responsive web app offering several mini-games for learning and brain training. The collection includes a Math Quiz for addition and subtraction, Memory Match for card-matching memory practice, Word Scramble with hints, and Grammar Master for sentence completion. The project was built with HTML5, CSS3 styled using Tailwind CSS, and vanilla JavaScript, and is deployed on Netlify. The developer shared the live site on DEV Community and invited feedback on gameplay and interface design.

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