About this game

Represent the numbers 4 and 5

Represent the numbers 4 and 5: 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

Four apples and five apples look almost the same from across the room. Represent the numbers 4 and 5 puts them side by side. Each card shows a written 4 or 5, and below it two pictures of the same objects: apples, fish, dolls, candles, butterflies or pens. One picture has the right amount; the other has its neighbor. The instruction is read aloud, your Pre-K child taps a picture, and every answer is checked and explained with the count said out loud.

Telling 4 from 5 is hard because it sits just past what most children see at a glance, so it has to be counted. The game also teaches the written shapes: the 5 has a hat and a big tummy; the 4 is a line going down, a line lying flat and a big straight line.

One object is the whole difference. A quick count can land on the wrong picture. Ask, "Can you count them again, slowly?" Then praise the patience: "You counted twice to be sure."

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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