How activities work

Topics hold skills and skills hold short playful activities. See what your child will meet, how answers are checked and what happens after a mistake.

Topics, skills and activities

The site is built in three layers. A topic is a broad area, such as number sense, time, money or shapes and angles. A topic contains skills, which are specific things a child should be able to do, for example counting to 30. Each skill has one or more activities, which are the games and exercises your child actually plays.

Activities are meant to be played, not only answered. Depending on the skill, a child may drag cards into order, set the hands of a clock, count objects in a picture or pick the right answer from a few choices. Some skills offer several different activities, plus a "Random" choice that picks one for you.

A session, step by step

An activity is a short session of several questions. At the top, the child sees their place ("Question 2 of ...") and a bar that fills as they go. A countdown shows how much time is left on the current question, which is 30 seconds.

The child answers either by typing a number and pressing Submit, or by choosing and placing things on the screen. The answer is checked straight away. A correct answer shows "Correct!". A wrong answer shows the right answer, so the child learns from it, and some activities add a short explanation for the specific mistake.

If time runs out, the question counts as missed and the right answer is shown. The site then asks "Are you still here?", and the child presses "I'm here!" to carry on. This stops a session from running on if a child has wandered off.

The end of a session

When the last question is done, the child sees how many stars they earned out of the total. Then they get one clear next step, with a few options: next activity, next skill, a harder level, another topic, play again or back to the list.

What parents can do

You do not need to sit beside your child, but sitting nearby for the first session helps younger ones. Praise effort rather than stars, and let them repeat an activity as often as they like. Results are saved on your device and feed the progress views in the Parent Area. A skill is marked Passed once the combined results of its activities reach the pass mark, and Not yet until then.

The countdown can feel fast for a beginner. If your child is rushing, a calm "take your time, it is only a game" works wonders. A missed question is simply a chance to see the answer and try the next one.