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About this game
Count on to add: a free Grade 1 math game for ages 6-7. Kids start at a number, count on and find where they land. Each round brings 10 fresh questions with new numbers; instructions are read aloud and every answer is checked.
Start at 10 and count on 2. Many children hold up two fingers before answering. Count on to add gives one card like that at a time, a start from 4 to 17 and 1, 2 or 3 more. Your child types the number reached. Ten cards make a round in this Grade 1 game. The numbers are drawn fresh, so a repeat can turn up. Each answer is checked, and a hint is on hand.
Keeping the first number in mind is the bridge from counting to adding. Instead of counting both groups from 1, your child counts only the extra. The hint gives the method: say the start number, then count up one at a time. So 9 and 3 more becomes 10, 11, 12. That is 9 + 3.
The start number can get counted twice. For start at 10, count on 2, saying "10, 11" lands on 11. Ask, "Did 10 count as a step?" Then tap a finger only for each new number. Close with, "You started counting after the start number."