Find the group that has fewer

💡 How it plays and why it helps

Toddlers ask for more juice long before anyone asks them which cup has fewer ice cubes. Find the group that has fewer is a Pre-K game that gives the second word some practice with tiny amounts. Each round shows five cards with two groups of colored dots, one or two dots on one side and three on the other. The instruction is read aloud, and your child taps the group with fewer dots. Every answer is checked and explained: 1 is less than 3, so this group has fewer dots.

With three dots or fewer, many children can see the amount without counting, so the game is really about the meaning of the word. Fewer means the smaller number. On some cards both groups are the same color, so color cannot give the answer away.

The likely mistake is tapping the bigger group, because the eye goes to the busier side. Hold up one finger on one hand and three on the other and ask, "Which hand has fewer?" Then go back to the screen. Two-against-three cards are the trickiest. Praise the word: "You remembered what fewer means."