About this game

Find a number on the strip

Find a number on the strip: 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

Children who sing the numbers in the car often stumble when they have to point to them. Find a number on the strip, a Pre-K game, joins the two. Each round shows five strips that start at 1 and run to 5, 6 or 7, with one number hidden. The instruction is read aloud, and your child taps the hidden number among four choices. Every answer is checked and explained in a few words: after 4 comes 5.

Saying the numbers while following the boxes ties each spoken word to a written numeral and to a place on the strip. That is a first number line. The hint asks for the voice and the eyes together: say the numbers as you follow the boxes.

The likely slip is tapping the number just after the gap, the one sitting right next to the empty box. Follow the boxes from 1 with your child and stop at the gap: "One, two, and here?" The hidden numbers are 2 to 5, so the strips stay short. Praise the reading: "You said every box from 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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