About this game

Count objects up to 3

Count objects up to 3: a free Pre-K math game for ages 4-5. Each round draws 5 questions; instructions are read aloud and every answer is checked and explained.

How it plays and why it helps

At snack time, asking for two crackers is harder than asking how many crackers there are. Count objects up to 3 is a Pre-K game built on that harder direction. Its five cards are all used each round. Each card shows two pictures of milk bottles or yellow pencil sharpeners, and the instruction, read aloud, names a number: one, two or three. Your child taps the picture that shows that many. Every answer is checked and explained: one, two, three milk bottles, that's three.

Starting from a number and finding the matching amount turns counting around. Your child has to keep the target in mind while checking each picture, a real step toward knowing that a number names a quantity. The hint offers a handy tool: hold up that many fingers, then find the picture that has that many.

The likely slip is tapping the fuller picture when the target is one, and three of the five cards ask for a single object. Hold up one finger together and ask, "Which picture matches my finger?" Then check by counting. Praise the matching: "You found exactly one, not more."

Aligned with

  • P-MATH 1 Child knows number names and the count sequence.
  • P-MATH 2 Child recognizes the number of objects in a small set.
  • P-MATH 3 Child understands the relationship between numbers and quantities.

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