One number, one thing
Also available in Spanish. The app stops after two lessons a day and suggests something to do away from the screen.
These are the lines the lesson comes back to, and the ones a child actually remembers afterwards.
One number. One thing.
The last number is the answer.
This is Count to Ten. By the end of it you will know the one rule that makes counting work, and you will know the mistake that makes counting go wrong. Here is the rule. Every number gets one thing. One number, one thing. That is the whole rule. Grown-ups know it so well they forgot they ever had to learn it. You are learning it right now.
You count spoons: one, two, three, four. How many spoons?
Every lesson ends by handing the child something to do off the screen, and telling you what was taught so you can use the same words.
Try this today: Count out six forks from the drawer and put them on the table. Touch each one and say the number out loud.
Then: Tell a grown-up how many, then count the spoons too.
Twenty-four narrated lessons for ages 4 to 9, in English and Spanish. No account, no sign-up, no ads, and nothing your child does in the app ever leaves the device — you can check that yourself with the network tab open. Open the lessons.