About this game

Count on from a number

Count on from a number: 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

Why start at 1 every time? Count on from a number, a Pre-K game marked medium, asks your child to begin anywhere. Each round shows five short sequences such as 4, 5 and an empty box. The instruction is read aloud, and your child taps the number that fills the box. Every answer is checked and explained: when we count, 6 comes just after 5. Across the bank of 20 cards, the answers run from 4 to 10.

Counting on is the step between reciting from one and adding. A child who can start at 6 and say 7, 8 no longer needs to rebuild a number from scratch. The hint names the rule: start at the given number without going back to 1, then go up one number for each box.

The likely slip is tapping the last number shown, 5 for the sequence 4, 5, because it is the freshest in the ear. Say the sequence together and pause at the box: "Four, five, and then?" A nod on each word helps keep the beat. Praise the starting point: "You started at four, not at one."

Aligned with

  • P-MATH 1 Child knows number names and the count sequence.
  • P-MATH 5 Child associates a quantity with written numerals up to 5 and begins to write numbers.
  • P-MATH 2 Child recognizes the number of objects in a small set.

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