About this game

Learn to count to 6 with the number line

Learn to count to 6 with the number line: a free Kindergarten math game for ages 5-6. Each round draws 5 questions; instructions are read aloud and every answer is checked and explained.

How it plays and why it helps

Where does six live? On a number line, it lives one step past five, and Kindergarten children can see that before they can explain it. Learn to count to 6 with the number line pairs a picture of bats with a line from 1 to 6. Six pictures cover every amount from one bat to six, and five of them make a round. The instruction is read aloud. Your child counts, then taps the matching number on the line. Each answer is checked and explained in words, ending with the number to choose.

The line shows something the count only says. Each number sits one step to the right of the number before, so a bigger amount sits farther along. Tapping the total joins the amount, the word and the written numeral.

The usual miss is next door. Five and six sit side by side, and a quick finger lands one step early. Ask, "Show me the step for your last bat." Praise the match: "Your count and your tap agree."

Aligned with

  • K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
  • K.CC.A.1 Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
  • K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

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