This first version lets us learn whether families and teachers find the games useful.
How do the games show the math?
They give each number action a picture your child can move or tap.
Counting uses strawberries moved into a basket. Adding joins apples from two plates. Taking away sends balloons from a post. Multiplying puts the same number on every plate. Dividing shares strawberries fairly onto a fixed number of plates. The section hub lists the exact ranges for each scene.
A voice reads every question and every line also appears as a caption. A hand shows each new move once. The Help button uses the hand and voice to show the method on the question. After a wrong answer, your child tries again; then the game counts with them, then shows the answer. In counting, too many or too few strawberries line up to count again. In sharing, the voice points out unequal shares for your child to fix.
Each right answer brings a burst of gold stars, with a star at the end of a five-question round. Each game has three levels that move up and down with how your child is doing. A custom question list does not change the child's level.
What research and school guidance informed the method?
We used published maths guidance to choose the actions your child tries and to explain them on these pages.
Common Core K.OA.A.1 (2010) includes objects, fingers and actions for showing addition and subtraction. K.CC.B.4 connects counting objects to the total. EYFS, September 2026 describes number activities with objects and tens frames. That is why our explanations keep the amounts where you and your child can see them.
The IES practice guide (2013), recommendation 1, recommends a developmental progression for number and operations. Its family and caregiver resources offer activities with everyday objects. We put our 12-step order together from these sources and the school curricula. It combines their ideas rather than copying a sequence from one study.
These sources explain the teaching ideas. They do not tell us how much a child will learn from these games. The hand, garden scenes and stars are choices we made for this version. Our division guide explains the sharing scene and the grouping approach in England's Year 2 guidance.
Who made the pictures and voice?
The WideMath team in Nepal made this section. The pictures were made with AI image tools and finished by the WideMath team. The voice is computer-generated.
The team also wrote the explanations and chose the examples. You can type your own questions within the game's limits if you want a particular practice list.
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Which sources can I read?
You can follow the source links on each teaching page beside the explanations and school expectations.
- Common Core kindergarten counting (2010), K.CC.B.4 and B.5.
- Common Core kindergarten operations (2010), K.OA.A.1 to A.5.
- EYFS statutory framework, September 2026, mathematics on pages 11 and 15.
- IES Teaching Math to Young Children (2013), recommendation 1.
- IES family and caregiver resources, counting and everyday number activities.
- DfE Mathematics guidance: Year 2 (2020), equal groups and grouping division.
What has changed?
31 October 2026: first version
Questions parents ask
Are these games free, do they need sign-up, do they work on a tablet?
They are free and work in the browser on tablets, phones and computers, with no sign-up, no account and nothing to install. There are no ads and no third-party trackers on these pages. Progress stays in this device's browser. The privacy section above explains anonymous counts and how to stop them.
What is the difference between reciting numbers and counting?
Reciting means saying the number words in order; counting a collection also matches each word to an object and names the total. The IES family guide separates these steps. Our counting page explains them with spoons, alongside the game's action of counting strawberries into a basket.
What order should I teach math skills?
Use the 12-step guide to choose an idea to try, starting with counting real objects and making small amounts. We put the order together using IES progression guidance and US and England curricula. Talk with your child's teacher about where to begin and what to try next.