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About this game
Where do we start?: 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.
An arrow on a sign tells you which way to walk, and children learn to read it early. Where do we start? puts that small skill into a Pre-K game. Four shapes stand in a line, with an arrow underneath pointing left or right. Your child taps the first shape the arrow meets, from four. The instruction is read aloud, five lines make a round, and every answer is checked and explained: the arrow starts on the right, so the first shape is a blue square.
Words such as first and last only make sense once a starting point is fixed. Here the arrow fixes it, and it changes from card to card. Reading habits pull toward the left. The arrow sometimes disagrees.
On a right-to-left card, the leftmost shape is among the choices, and a quick reader taps it. Trace the arrow with your finger, from its tail to its point. Ask, "Where does the arrow begin?" Then say what your child did: "You followed the arrow, not the habit."