Number Land

How to play

Garden bugs wander over a flower bed. Your child taps each bug to count it, then taps the matching number. Other rounds ask for a set number of bugs in a jar or ten-cup planter, which group has more or fewer, one more or one less, bugs in order, or counting in twos.

What it teaches

Counting objects, matching amounts to numbers, more and fewer, one more and one less, counting in order, counting by twos and ten-frames.

Winning and stars

Two wins move up on levels 1–2, three wins from level 3 (one of each kind of round).

The 10 levels

1. Spring, 1–3: ladybugs and bees
2. Spring, 1–5, plus “which has more?”
3. Spring, 2–7: count only the right bug
4. Summer, 4–10, ten-cup flower box
5. Summer, one more and one less
6. Autumn, 5–10: bug parade
7. Autumn: counting by twos
8. Night, 5–12: fireflies and glow worms
9. Rainy day, 5–14: mixed
10. Sunset, 10–20

How to play

A monster at a picnic asks for treats on a speech-bubble card showing a number, the treat and one empty slot per treat. Your child drags or taps treats into its mouth and the slots fill as it eats.

What it teaches

Counting, picking the right item, early addition, doubles, take-away, making ten and fair sharing.

Winning and stars

Two wins per level. The narrator explains the maths: “5 take away 2 is 3!”, “shared fairly is 4 each!”. The picnic moves through the seasons, from spring to snow to night.

The 10 levels

1. Count 1–3
2. Count 2–5
3. Count 2–7, only the treat asked for
4. Count 5–10
5. Two kinds at once
6. Addition with pictures
7. Doubles
8. Take-away story, answered with a number
9. Make ten on a ten-frame
10. Share fairly between two monsters

How to play

Each wagon carries one part of a repeating pattern. Your child drags the right item from the tray into the “?” wagon and the train toots away. The narrator reads the pattern aloud (“red, blue, red, blue… what comes next?”).

What it teaches

Repeating patterns (AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, AABB), shape-and-colour patterns, growing patterns and number sequences.

Winning and stars

Two wins per level; three stars with no mistakes.

The 10 levels

1. Coloured balls, AB
2. Animals, bugs, shapes or sweets, AB
3. AAB or ABB (seaside)
4. ABC
5. AABB, longer trains
6. A gap in the middle
7. Shape and colour together
8. Growing dot patterns
9. Number trains: up, in twos, or down
10. Night express: long trains, two gaps

How to play

Numbered dots outline a hidden picture. Your child drags (or taps) through them in order; each dot pops and says its label as a crayon line follows. When the outline closes the picture fills with colour and comes alive.

What it teaches

Number order, counting in twos, alphabet order and counting backwards.

Winning and stars

Two wins per level; a mistake is tapping the wrong dot. Nineteen different pictures: a house, kite, car, fish, rocket, cat, butterfly and more.

The 10 levels

1. 4–5 dots
2. 6–8 dots
3. 9–10 dots
4. 11–12 dots
5. 13–15 dots
6. 18–20 dots
7. Counting by twos
8. ABC letter dots
9. Count down from 10
10. Starry night: a mix of everything

How to play

Your child runs a market stall. Animal customers arrive with an order bubble; your child drags fruit from the crates into the basket (or taps a crate), each fruit counted aloud. Happy customers pay coins into a jar.

What it teaches

Counting to ten, two-item orders, counting coins, simple prices and adding, giving change, and one more or one less.

Winning and stars

Two wins per level; three stars with no mistakes.

The 10 levels

1. One fruit, 1–3
2. Up to 5
3. Two kinds of fruit
4. 6–10
5. Count the coins you’re paid
6. Every fruit costs 1 coin
7. Prices of 1–2 coins, add them up
8. Change from five coins (snowy market)
9. One more and one less
10. Busy night market: two customers at once