Count from 1 to 3

💡 How it plays and why it helps

Ask a toddler how many cookies there are and the answer is often the whole rhyme, one-two-three, even for a single cookie. Count from 1 to 3 is a Pre-K game for exactly that stage. Each round shows five pictures of pink ties, red caps, yellow cars, cans or donuts, with one, two or three of them. The question is read aloud, and your child taps Number 1, 2 or 3. Every answer is checked and explained: one, two, three, so three pink ties.

The idea at work is cardinality: the last number said tells how many there are. The hint puts it in a child's words, touch each one only once, and the last word tells how many. The bank is balanced, five cards for each number, so the answer is not always three.

The likely slip is saying the whole rhyme and tapping 3 for a single red cap. Cover the others and ask, "How many caps? Just say the last word." Then try two. Let your child touch the screen while counting. Praise the stopping: "You stopped at one, because there was only one."