About this game

Count without missing any

Count without missing any: 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

Strawberries spilled on a plate have no first and no last. Count without missing any is a Pre-K game that shows exactly that kind of scattered group: carrots, strawberries, fish or lemons, from 4 to 8 per picture. Each round has five cards. The instruction is read aloud, and your child taps one of four numbers. Every answer is checked.

Counting a scattered group needs a plan for where to go next. Without one, the finger jumps around and some objects never get a number. Teachers call this keeping track, and it is as much a part of counting as knowing the number words. The hint is short and right: touch each one only once as you count.

The likely mistake is skipping one object in the middle of the scatter, so 7 fish become 6. Suggest a route: "Start at the top, then go across like reading." Count again from a different corner to check, and see if both counts agree. Praise the plan: "You had a path, and nothing got left out."

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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