Free Playgroup Maths Course
Number sense first, then operations, then the problems that use them.
- 2 units4 lessons28 written activitiesExplorer, Challenger, Champion
Unit 1: Counting to 5
2 lessonsCount small groups confidently.
Unit 2: Size and Shapes
2 lessonsCompare sizes and name simple shapes.
What the Playgroup Maths course covers
Counting here is done with meaning rather than by rhyme. Your child counts to three, then to five, tapping each object as they go, and then meets the first comparisons of big and small and the shapes they can already see around them.
The Playgroup Maths course is two units, taken in order: Counting to 5 and Size and Shapes.
There are 4 lessons here and 28 questions in total, roughly 20 minutes of teaching. At this age two or three short sittings a week is plenty, and a child who wants to repeat a lesson is consolidating rather than stalling.
This is where Maths starts on the site. Nothing is locked, so if these lessons are easy the next grade is one tap away, and if they are hard the grade below is too.
How Maths is taught here
Maths is built number sense first, operations second, and the word problems that use them last. Children spend real time on what a number means and how quantity works before they are asked to add, and the early lessons let a child tap each object as they count so that quantity forms as an idea rather than a rhyme.
How Maths runs from playgroup to Grade 5 sets out the full sequence and where this course sits in it.
Levels and scoring
Each lesson plays at Explorer, Challenger or Champion. Only first-try answers count towards stars, so a retry never inflates a score, and a lesson is mastered at 90 percent at Challenger or above. See how a lesson works for the full explanation.
Questions parents ask
How long does Playgroup Maths take?
4 short lessons and 28 questions, roughly 20 minutes in all. There is no schedule to keep and nothing expires, so a few minutes at a time is a perfectly good way to do it.
Is my child old enough for Playgroup Maths?
Ages 3 to 4 is the guide, but go by what your child can already do rather than by age. Nothing is locked for a visitor, so trying the level above or below costs nothing and takes one tap.
Is Playgroup Maths free?
Yes, and without the usual catch. No account is needed, there is no advertising and there are no in-app purchases. It also works with no connection once the site is added to a home screen, or through the free Android app.
My child can count but cannot add. Is that normal?
Yes, and it is the usual order. Counting is a sequence, adding is an operation on quantities. The early maths units deliberately slow down on quantity so that adding has something to stand on.