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Five and Under
Ages 1–3 · the numbers 1 to 5 · start here

A number is something you can see: that many dots, always in its own color. One is one red dot. Five is five blue dots. Tap each one to hear it.

📖 Look and listen

read to me first

Little books that read themselves aloud. Sit together; no tapping needed.

🌙 BookGoodnight, Dots Five dots go to sleep one at a time — counting back to zero. 🎨 BookWhat Color Is My Number? One is red, two is orange, three is yellow… and back again. 📘 BookMaking Two, Three and Four One and one make two. Then take them apart again. 📗 BookMaking Five Four and one, three and two — and five taken apart.

Count up, count back

steps 1 · 2

One more each time up to five, then one less each time down to nothing. Both ways, every round.

one red dot Game · step 1One More, One Less Tap to add a dot, tap to take one away. 1 to 5 and back. five blue dots Game · step 2Five Minus One Take one away, see what's left — then put it back. three yellow dots GameRoll to 5 Dots roll in and line up. Count them as they land.

Make a number

steps 3 · 5

Two is one and one. Four is two and two. Five is four and one, or three and two.

four green dots Game · step 3Making 2, 3 and 4 1+1, 1+2, 2+2, 3+1 — put the dots together and see the color change. five blue dots Game · step 5Making 5 4+1 and 3+2. Every way to make five, and every way to break it. two orange dots GameBigger / Smaller Two piles. Which has more? Which has less? It asks both.

✨ New every day

one new game each morning

A new Five and Under game every day, newest at the bottom.

Tap Me FiveFive empty circles in the shape of five. Tap one and it fills and says its number, one, two, three, four, five, every dot wearing the color of how many there are; then tap the dots to take them away, four, three, two, one, none. One tap, one dot, up and back. Oct 22 Which Pile Is Three?Two piles of dots, each in its number’s shape and color. Hear a number, one to five, and tap the pile that is that many; then the other way, see one pile and tap its number. Hear it and find it, see it and name it, both in one round. Oct 23 Match the ColorEvery number has one color: one is red, two is orange, three is yellow, four is green, five is blue. See a pile of dots and tap the color that belongs to that many; then see a color and tap the pile that is that many — the piles are empty until the right one fills with its color. The color is how many, both ways in one round. Oct 24

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