Family play guides · gugiboard team · Published October 2026

Hidden percentages in Little favorites: a clearer picture of available choices

gugiboard’s real Little favorites report showing overall hidden percentage, category counts and recorded color taps

A number is useful only when you know what it describes. Little favorites shows both accumulated taps and hidden percentages, but they answer different questions. Taps describe registered interactions; hidden percentages describe how many board targets are currently unavailable. Reading them separately makes it easier to manage choices without mistaking a tidy display for evidence of learning or development.

Start with the category count

Each category shows its tap total, hidden item count and hidden percentage. The selected category also shows hidden items out of the available total for that family of sheets. This helps an adult understand the scale of a change. Hiding two objects in a small category is a larger share than hiding two in a much larger one.

The overall figure combines the items

“Hidden overall” uses the combined hidden count across board categories divided by their combined item count. It is not a simple average of the category percentages. For example, hiding two of eighteen Colors targets is about eleven percent of that category, but not eleven percent of the whole collection. The overall bar represents the wider collection.

Do not read the bar as completion

A fuller bar means a larger share is hidden, not that a child has learned a larger share. Items can be restored at any time, and the percentage then falls. Nothing has been unlearned. Likewise, a low hidden percentage does not indicate low engagement. This is a display-setting summary rather than a curriculum tracker or a developmental report.

History and visibility can move separately

When you restore objects, accumulated tap counts stay in the report while the hidden count decreases. When you hide a tapped object, its earlier touches remain recorded. This separation is useful for comparing the current presentation with its interaction history. You can review a change without deleting the evidence of earlier selections or starting the totals again.

Use the summary to decide, not compete

Check the summary when you want to know whether too many familiar options are hidden. Restore a category if the board feels sparse, or leave everything visible if that suits your child. The right setting depends on the moment, not on reaching a higher percentage. Keep decisions gentle, shared and reversible, with books and hands-on play beyond the screen.

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