For grown-ups

What your child practices

CountingPals builds the earliest number sense for ages 5–7, following the way it's taught in kindergarten and first grade: see small amounts at a glance, count one at a time, compare, add, and get to know the numbers to ten.

• Quick Look — recognize how many dots at a glance (subitizing). Patterns switch between dice, ten-frame, a line, and scattered dots, so it's real recognition — not a memorized picture.
• Count Along — tap each thing once into the jar (one-to-one counting), then say how many are in the jar (the total is the last number you counted).
• More or Fewer — decide which group has more.
• Add It Up — put two small groups together and count them all (sums stay within ten).
• Missing Number — find the number that's missing in a row, with Hop's equal jumps shown when you get it.
• Ten-Frame Studio — build a number, read how many, and make ten with a ten-frame — the classic tool for seeing how numbers make five and ten.
• Number Rack — push beads (five red and five white in each row) to build and read numbers, seeing them in fives and tens — a rekenrek, like the ones used in classrooms.

Play together

These activities are lovely to do side by side. Count out loud together, point at the dots, and celebrate the tries. There's no timer and no racing — counting is for thinking, not speed.

Mistakes are welcome

Calc Jr never says "wrong". A tricky one just gets a warm "let's look again", and every round finishes with encouragement about the effort. Big buttons and simple words are made for little hands and new readers.

Our privacy promise

CountingPals Play is free, works offline, and collects nothing. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and no data ever leaves this device — your child's stars and streak are saved only in this browser.