Tinykin helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Flexibility: Trying something new. 

In the game Tinykin, Milodane finds himself in a room where he has to find an object to be used in building his ship back home. In order to do this, he needs to use the Tinykin to help him navigate the landscape. The player needs to use their flexibility skills and be willing to move around the space and explore new areas without immediately trying to obtain the item. This will lead to all sorts of discoveries for the player, including hidden nectar, additional quests, and interesting conversations with the insect inhabitants of the room. 

Planning: Developing a systematic approach for setting and achieving goals. 

Each room in the game has a different quest that need to be completed as well as several sub-quests that are optional. The player needs to be able to look at these quests and plan out how they are going to accomplish them. This might mean getting to a high point in the room to get a view of all of the areas, or even looking at the menu to see the objective notes. Planning is also used when Milodane is platforming and using the Tinykin to go to different areas. If you need 30 pink Tinykin to move an object and you only have 20, you need to plan for finding those extra 10 tinykin hiding somewhere in the level.