Touch one thing. Say one number. Then the next.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
Count with me
Touch the first apple. Say one. Touch the next one. Say two. Touch the last one. Say three. Three apples.
Go slowly, so your finger and your mouth stay together.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Tap the apples and count out loud.
How many in all
How many
7 more would make 10.
Step 3: In Real Life
Setting the table
Three people eat dinner. You put out three plates. Touch each plate. One, two, three. Now everyone has one.
Step 4: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Bo Count Three Blocks
Bo has three blocks in a row.
- Step 1
He touches the first block and says one.
Step 5: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
Two Ducks
Problem 1 of 1
Two ducks are in the pond. How many ducks?
Write One, Two, Three
Watch each one draw itself, then trace it with your finger.
one
Count With Me
1 of 3
How many?
2 of 3
How many?
3 of 3
How many? 🍎
Make Three
Tap to add apples.
Make three apples.
- None yet. Add some!
How many in all
Step 6: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 1
How many?
What You Learned
- Say one number for each thing.
- Touch as you count.
- Go slowly.
For the grown-up
Counting is two things happening at once, a word said and a thing touched, and the skill is keeping them in step. Most errors at this age are not about the number words at all.
Fast counting is where mistakes come from: the mouth runs ahead of the finger and the numbers stop matching the objects. If they say four numbers for three apples, slow the finger rather than correcting the number.
The order of the words never changes. One, two, three, every time, for everything. That reliability is the point, and it is worth saying out loud when they get it right.