About this game

Say what we did

Say what we did: 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

After a trip to the store, a child can tell you what happened: I had some, then I got more. Say what we did asks a Kindergarten child to pick that sentence. Sami, Leo, Tom or Milo has a few carrots, lemons, strawberries, butterflies or balls, then gets 2 or 3 more. Your child taps what the character would say, such as "I had 5, I added 2: that makes 7." Five stories make a round, read aloud, and every answer is checked.

Telling an addition in words bridges a story and a number sentence. Each choice has three parts to check: the start, the action, the total. One choice starts from the wrong number, one says took away, and one has the wrong total.

That last one deserves a look. It says 5 and 2 make 8, one too many, the total you get when a finger is counted twice. Hold up five fingers, add two, and ask, "How many fingers now?" Praise the whole sentence: "You checked how it started and how it ended."

Aligned with

  • K.OA.A.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
  • K.OA.A.2 Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
  • K.OA.A.5 Fluently add and subtract within 5.

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