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Counting to 10: one object, one touch, one number

In Girafoufou, counting to 10 happens in the “Numerals” world. Its first game makes children touch six to ten objects, one by one: at each touch, the voice says the number. Then come reading a numeral, matching a set to its numeral and finding the missing one in a sequence. Before the worlds, the number corner shows each number from 1 to 10 in four forms: the numeral, the word, the dice and sheep to count. There is no timer.

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INSIDE THE ENGLISH GAMESix chicks scattered on the grass in the English game, under the instruction “Count the chicks! Touch them one by one.”
Six chicks scattered on the grass in the English game, under the instruction “Count the chicks! Touch them one by one.”

One object, one touch, one number said

The first set has six objects, then seven, eight, nine, and ten at the fifth question — one more each time: butterflies, fish, chicks, stars or sheep, scattered in their setting. At each touch Girafoufou says the number reached and a small numbered dot settles on the object; an object already counted does not count twice. If your child stops for a long moment, or thinks they have finished when one object remains, that object glows gently. This game has no wrong answer: every set counted to the end counts as a success.

Read a numeral, then find the missing one

“Touch the number three.” “Count the flowers, touch the right number.” “Which number is missing?” Two cards and small numbers at the first questions, then up to nine and three cards. Ten is counted and heard, but the reading games stop at the numeral 9 — a single digit to read. The number corner, at the start of the numbers board, lays the ten numbers on cards: touch one, Girafoufou counts it out, and four cards appear — the numeral, the word, the dice (two dice beyond six: five and two more for seven) and as many sheep to count.

SIDE BY SIDE

Count six objects together

  1. Listen to the instruction.
  2. Touch each object once; the voice says the number.
  3. When the last one is touched, listen to the total.

This world is open from a Reception starting point; from Nursery it is visible but asleep until family access.

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The discovery games are free to try without a card or account. Full family access is paid. Check Prices for the current plans in pounds; changing between French and British English does not require another purchase.

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Ten pebbles in a row

You will need: Ten pebbles or buttons.

  1. Lay them in a line and touch each one while counting aloud together.
  2. Hide two under your hand: how many are left?
  3. Write the numeral of the total on a sticky note next to the row.

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Questions
from parents.

Does the game read the numerals up to 10?

Ten is counted and heard in the touching game. The reading games stop at the numeral 9, so that a single digit is read; the number corner shows 10 written as a numeral and as a word.

Carry the idea a little further.

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Product guide by the Girafoufou team. Updated . The activities described here are checked against the English game.

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The discovery games are free to try without a card or account. Full family access is paid. Check Prices for the current plans in pounds; changing between French and British English does not require another purchase.

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