FAQ Numberland

“how will my child know what to do?  Where are the instructions?”

Trust your child’s instinct, he is a digital native.  We have designed this app to push children to explore the screen as we believe it is what they will do naturally.  However we have added some oral instructions to make sure that they are gently guided.  We don’t want children to discover all the features the first time around, some only discovered the octopus on the fifth utilization!

Why is the zero coming after number nine ?

For some people it seems “unnatural” but actually it’s introducing the concept of zero to children who don’t know the concept of numbers that is meaningless.  With the Spindles (when you tap Tam in the Zero screen), children realize that once they’ve put the correct number of spindles in each box, there are none left for the "zero" box.  But they can only do this when they know how much four, five and six are.

Why address the numbers from 0 to 9 only ? It is too easy !

People often think that knowing the 123 song means knowing how to count but it isn’t so. Children learn 123 as a song from a very young age but often they cannot identify numbers individually and they do not realize that each number represents a quantity. With Tam and Tao in Numberland, children will learn to recognize numbers from 0 to 9 in a simple and fun manner, and they will be able to associate a quantity with a number, which is not that easy !

Then you can say they know how to count and address the concept of dizains.