About this game

Find the number you hear

Find the number you hear: 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

Can your child find 8 without counting up to it? Find the number you hear asks exactly that of a Pre-K player. A number is named aloud, such as seven or ten, and four written numbers wait on the screen. Your child taps the one that matches. Each round has five of these, drawn from the numbers 1 to 10, and every answer is checked.

Saying the number words and knowing the shapes of the numerals are two separate skills. Many children recite to ten well before they can pick 6 out from 9. Here the word comes first and the shape second, the order a child meets them in daily life. The hint offers a safe road back: say the numbers in order, pointing at each one, and stop on the word you heard.

Watch the card for ten. Its choices include 1, and a child who spots the 1 inside 10 may tap it. Ask, "How many digits does ten need?" Let the answer come slowly. Then name the effort: "You listened, then you looked for the shape."

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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