From the charity behind the award-winning Teach Your Monster To Read comes Teach Your Monster Number Skills. A research-based mathematics game set in a magical theme park, it boosts kids’ confidence with numbers and makes mathematics fun! 

• Packed full of fun mini-games for children between 3-6+ years old from pre-k/reception through kindergarten/year 1 and beyond.
• FREE to play on desktop for all users, and free to play for schools on our apps (Apple/Google/Amazon).
• Aligned with US Common Core Standards in Math and the UK National Curriculum.
• Designed in collaboration with three world-renowned, early years mathematics experts: Bernie Westacott, Dr Helen J. Williams and Dr Sue Gifford.
• The game can be played at home or in the classroom.

• Meet Queenie Bee and her friends as your child explores the magical Number Park! 
• The child can customise their monster and take them to play different games in the park.
• 15 fun-filled games offer engaging ways to practice number skills such as addition, subtraction, number bonds, place value, and the foundations of multiplication.
• Focusing on numbers up to 100, each game currently has 10 levels. This makes a total of 150 levels of fun!
• Practice Mode provides additional support to reinforce key number skills with hundreds of extra levels.

Number Skills is a game designed to help children develop their number sense. This is the ability to use lots of different skills that we don’t always realise are important to judge how many things there are of something. It’s the difference between children when they’re older being able to add up large numbers in their head instead of still struggling to add them up on their fingers.

The game covers a wide variety of skills related to number sense which align with the USA’s Common Core Standards in Math and the UK’s National Curriculum as well as curriculums in other countries such as Canada and Australia. Topics include:

Starter

For children who are starting to develop number skills. Our experts suggest all children begin here. This stage introduces children to the core basics of number sense. It covers addition, subtraction, number patterns, number words, numerals, subitising (knowing how many without counting) and number bonds (combining pairs of numbers) up to 5.

Confident

For children who have mastered number skills up to 5 and are ready to move on to numbers up to 10.
This stage covers more advanced addition and subtraction, counting forwards and backwards, recognising number patterns and developing number bonds (combining pairs of numbers) up to 10.

Experienced

For children who have mastered number skills for the first 10 numbers and are working on numbers larger than 10.
This stage covers addition and subtraction for numbers over 10, including concepts such as place value (the value of each digit in a number) and number bonds (combining pairs of numbers) to 20. It also covers the use of number tracks and other classroom tools, and the foundations of multiplication.

• The game has already been played over 25 million times by over 2 million children!
• Both US Common Core Standards in Math and UK National Curriculum alignment means that kids can put classroom learnings into practice.
• The pace of play is tailored to each child, allowing for differentiation. It moves only when the child has mastered the concept they are practicing.
• Confident children can fast track to the level best suited to them, allowing for differentiation between children with varying levels of ability.
• Kids have fun practicing numbers! Each mini game makes mathematics practice enjoyable and engaging.

Bernie Westacott
Educational Consultant

Bernie taught mathematics full-time for thirty-nine years at different schools. He’s one of the co-authors of the Oxford University Press Inspire Maths support books. His expertise and knowledge have been at the forefront of the game development. He works with the Early Childhood Mathematics Group (ECMG) to develop child progression indicators.

Learn more about Bernie on our Expert page.

Dawid Kubiak
Game Designer and Developer

Dawid has been with Number Skills since the very start. From working with the illustrator, animators and product team, he has designed and developed the game every step of the way. He loves seeing the numsters in the Slides mini game!

Matt Oxborrow
Artist

Matt is an illustrator, character designer and art director. He created the monsters and living theme park rides in our games! He really loves the monster customiser and playing around with all the crazy combinations.

Maya Sondhi
Voice Actor

Birmingham-born Maya is the voice of our fabulous Queenie Bee as well as an actress and a writer. After training at LAMDA, she has appeared in Line of Duty, Citizen Kane and many others. She is also the creator and writer of ITV’s DI Ray.

Leo Allen
Product Manager

Leo has been responsible for launching Teach Your Monster Number Skills as well as the development of Teach Your Monster: Adventurous Eating. He is incredibly excited to lead the Teach Your Monster Number Skills team. From the science and research behind the game to the creation of the Number Park, Leo has been instrumental in guiding the Number Skills team.

Junaid Mubeen
Mathematician and Number Skills Fan

Junaid is a mathematician turned educator. He has spent over a decade working on innovative learning technologies, reaching students of all ages and abilities from around the world. Junaid has a DPhil in Mathematics from Oxford and a Masters in Education from Harvard, where he studied as a Kennedy Scholar. He is also a Countdown series winner! He’s a big Number Skills fan and his daughter, in particular, has developed a real fondness for numbers because of the game.