Numbers & numeracy
Numbers should be something a child can see, hear and touch. Clever Acorns builds real numeracy the playful way, from counting and number sense in the early years up through addition, subtraction and multiplication, at a pace that keeps confidence ahead of difficulty.
Before maths is sums, it is a feel for how many. The Numbers activity lets a child scroll through real quantities and hear each number named, so the idea of size and order is built by seeing it, not by being told. It scales smoothly to very large counts, so the same simple activity grows with a child instead of being outgrown in a week.
It is all touch and sound, with big targets and no text to read, so a three-year-old can explore numbers on their own and a pre-reader is never stuck on an instruction.
Maths Missions turn practice into a gentle climb. Fifty levels rise from counting and number recognition through addition and subtraction up to multiplication, each wrapped in a short story so it feels like an adventure rather than a worksheet. Questions are read aloud, a correct answer is celebrated with a pop and a tick rather than a lecture, and progress is saved so a child always knows where they are.
By the upper levels a child is working with times tables to twelve. The ladder is built so each rung is reachable from the one below, so the feeling a child leaves with is "I can," not "I got it wrong."
The maths progression is mapped to the Australian Curriculum, the single national standard set by the same independent authority that runs the country's literacy and numeracy checks. That gives us a public, well-tested map of what a child meets at each stage, so practice here lines up with the classroom instead of drifting off on its own. The evidence is on How it helps.
What age is it for? From age 3 and up, with no upper limit. The youngest count and recognise numbers; older children climb the missions to times tables.
What maths does it cover? Counting and number sense through addition, subtraction and multiplication up to 12x12.
Is it really free? Yes, a free tier forever, no ads. Paid plans add more missions, family voices and printable worksheets. See pricing.
Does it work on iPad? Yes. Touch-first, big targets, no keyboard needed.
See how your child counts, builds and solves out loud, with no signup, on the live demo. When you are ready, the free tier is yours forever.