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Click the icons below to hear each letter sound in British English. Alternatively, you can download all 42 letter sounds by clicking here. Click the icons below to hear each letter sound in American English . Alternatively, you can download all 42 letter sounds by clicking here.

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While schools, markets, playgrounds and parks are closed, we parents need something to keep children moving. To solve the problem we have made some fun scavenger hunt for kids that will keep children away from boredom. They have always been a big hit among kids of all ages.
Are you looking for ways to keeps kids active? Scavenger hunt provides plenty of entertainment and fun for the kids of all ages. Children can play in teams or alone. From indoor to outdoor, science to maths and senses to textures we got everything you need. Keep the children away from the TV and help them stay active.
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Fun Scavenger Hunt for Kids.

Winter Indoor Scavenger Hunt:

Are your kids bored while staying inside this winter? We have made a fun printable scavenger hunt which will surely entertain the kids and can be used over and over again.

My Favourite Things Scavenger Hunt:

What's your child's favourite food? or What's their favourite toy? Know everything about your child with this lovely "My favourite things" Scavenger hunt.

Father's Day Scavenger Hunt:

Celebrate Father's day and all he does with this amazing scavenger hunt. We have made two different styles to suit your child.

Summer Scavenger Hunt:

Keep children occupied this summer with this amazing summer scavenger hunt.

Rainbow Scavenger Hunt:

Hand over this fun colour scavenger hunt printable to your children and get them moving.

Materials Scavenger Hunt:

Reinforce the understanding and identification of materials with this colourful Materials Scavenger Hunt.

Book Scavenger Hunt:

Garden Scavenger Hunt:

As we are entering the warmer days, this fun garden scavenger hunt will definitely be a super-duper hit. Ask your children to go out explore and tick as many items as possible.

Math Scavenger Hunt:

Teach your children math with this fun Math scavenger hunt. Ask your children to use books, magazines and boxes around the house in search of the things listed below.

Science Scavenger Hunt:

Take your child to a science adventure with this fun scavenger hunt.

Gratitude Scavenger Hunt:

Let children appreciate all the good things and people they have in their life with this wonderful Gratitude Scavenger Hunt.

Shapes Scavenger Hunt:

The shapes scavenger hunt requires children to search for 2d and 3d shapes around the house or in the garden. Help children build their knowledge of shapes with this fun activity.

Phonics Phase 2 Scavenger Hunt:

Our fun Phase 2 Phonics Scavenger Hunt aims to make learning fun and enjoyable for children. Kids have to read the words, find the words and finally colour the pictures given.

Phonics Phase 3 Scavenger Hunt:
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Fine motor skills involve the use of the smaller muscles of the hands, fingers, and forearms in various activities like using pencils, cutting with scissors, building with lego or duplo blocks, and buttoning a shirt. Babies as young as 8 weeks of age begin demonstrating fine motor skills as they grasp and bat objects. At around 10 months of age, babies can grasp objects between their thumb and index finger. One and two year olds become even more dextrous-often manipulating objects, building and stacking. And in the preschool years, children learn to zip, tie, button, cut, and write.

Research actually shows that fine motor skills are a huge predictor of academic success. Grissmer, Grimm, Ayer, Murrah, and Steele (2010), found early fine motor skills in kindergarten were a predictor for reading and math achievement during elementary school. Children with more pronounced motor skills at a young age are usually better able to interact with their environments and experience new things, which in turn leads to academic gains. From a practical standpoint, children with strong fine motor skills are more likely to be successful in school-related tasks like writing, coloring, and cutting. And they're more likely to be confident in their ability to be successful.

How can you tell if your students are on track? I've compiled a helpful list of developmental milestones that I'd love to share with you. You'll be able to download a printable copy of these developmental milestones at the end of this post. I like to keep them in my lesson plan notebook as a handy reference tool!

Now that you understand what fine motor skills are and why they're important, I want to share 5 practical fine motor activities that are perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners. You probably already have many of these supplies in your classroom. And if not, I've included some Amazon (affiliate) links to guide you in stocking your preschool or kindergarten classroom for fine motor fun.

1. Clay or Playdough Activities

Basic playdough is perfect for younger children or those with weaker hands. I've found that homemade play-doh tends be much softer and more pliable. Add in essential oils or food coloring to dress up your basic playdough's color and scent. You can grab my FAVORITE homemade play-doh recipe by clicking the image below.

Provide children with a variety of tools for rolling, cutting, shaping, and molding the playdough. In fact, playdough scissors are the perfect first pair of scissors for young children to practice the motion of cutting before they move on to "real" scissors and paper. I love to provide Alphabet playdough stampers as well to build in some literacy fun. Or, encourage students to make the letters of the alphabet using the playdough. Laminate some alphabet mats for durability, and students can use them again and again to practice forming each letter.

For children who are bit more developed in their fine motor skills, consider using modeling clay instead because it's more difficult to manipulate and will build greater strength.

Playdough Tools

Here are some of my favorite playdough tools for the preschool classroom.

1. These extruder tools require children to push and squeeze the play-doh through a series of shaped tubes. These are great for developing hand strength, plus they're fun!

2. My students LOVE using these cutters. There's just something about slicing and dicing that motivates little ones!

3. These Melissa and Doug toolkits combine all of my favorite Play-doh tools in one convenient package. I especially love the scissors. They're perfect for developing cutting skills in preschoolers.

4. Help children develop forearm strength as they have fun making patterns in dough using these wooden rolling pins.

Laminate these FREE task cards and add them to your playdough kit for students to be inspired as they work. They won't even realize they're developing hand and finger strength that they'll use to cut, write, and draw down the road! They'll just think they're playing! 😉 Click the picture to download the FREE cards.

2. Cutting and Stringing Activities with Plastic Straws

Did you know that plain old plastic drinking straws could be used for a slew of fine motor activities? And there are so many colorful and fun straws out there now. I love these straws in particular. After all, who doesn't love a rainbow of colors? 🙂 One of my favorite fine motor straw activities involves pasta-another favorite of mine! Give students uncooked ziti noodles and full length plastic straws. Have them slide the ziti noodles onto the straws. This is a great way for preschoolers to practice hand-eye coordination and improve their dexterity.

Another favorite is the old classic straw necklace. Cut the straws into 1-2 inch lengths and provide a colorful array of straw pieces. Give students yarn with the end taped so the straws can be threaded onto the yarn. Have students design a colorful straw necklace. Students will especially love wearing these throughout the day after they create them. For sturdier lacing pieces that you can reuse, invest in some lacing yarn.

Finally, straws make for fun cutting practice. Give students a straw and instruct them to cut it into a certain number of pieces. To add some math standards, have students arrange their straw pieces in order from shortest to longest. Or for added challenge, you can ask older students to try to cut the pieces the same size. That will require them to estimate and measure. Fine motor math at its finest! Then, add all the cut straw pieces to your sensory bin for a fun filler item.

3. Hole Punch Activities

One of the best tools for building hand strength is a hole punch. The constant squeezing motion of using a hole puncher is like weigh-lifting for little hands! You can use a traditional hole puncher, or you can purchase decorative punchers that are typically used for scrapbooking. Preschoolers LOVE these decorative punches. Challenge them to make a pattern using the punches. Or bring out certain punches seasonally so they always have something new to look forward to and the novelty won't wear off!

I also print seasonal punch cards on Astrobrights paper (not the cardstock-that would be too tough to punch!) and let students punch them. Let me just tell you that these kiddos LOVE using a hole punch! Try it out. You'll be amazed!

4. Activities Using Lego or Duplo Blocks

Duplo blocks, or jumbo building bricks, are the greatest invention for preschoolers. Some littles are able to manipulate standard Legos, but many of them just can't grip such tiny blocks. Enter Duplo blocks! These jumbo bricks are sized just right for little hands. You can include task cards to give students ideas of what to build. Or let students use their imagination and create whatever their heart desires. Add additional props like little animals or people, and you'll find that students really use their imagination to build habitats, houses, cars, and more with these amazing bricks.

My pre-k babies love using these Building Brick Alphabet Cards to build the letters of the alphabet using Duplo blocks. You can find the cards here.

5. Activities Using Tweezers and Colored Pom Poms

Finally, one more fine motor favorite for preschoolers is using tweezers to pick up colorful pom poms. I love these tweezers from Learning Resouces in particular. They're the perfect size for little hands to pick up pom poms. The activities pictured above are from my Fine Motor Fun packets. Students have a bowl full of various colored rainbow pom poms and then use tweezers to pick them up and transfer them. Build in math by having students sort pom poms by color, count the pom poms, or arrange them to make a pattern.

You can find pom poms in a range of colors and sizes. There are even glittery pom poms! #bestillmyheart <3 You can never have too many pom poms in a preschool classroom because they can be used for counting activities, crafts, manipulatives, and more. So invest in some jumbo tweezers and up your pom pom game!

Looking for a fine motor toolkit you can pull from month after month for predictable yet engaging seasonal fine motor activities? Check out this year-long bundle that's 50% off!

I hope these fine motor activities and ideas inspired you. You can grab your FREE Fine Motor Milestones Checklist by signing up below.

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The game modes include 'Find a Number' and 'Count On & Back'. In the first, you are asked to find a number on the grid, either directly or in between two voiced numbers. The count on and count back games are designed to help you learn some of the vocabulary of addition and subtraction; count on, count back, more than and less than.

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To help both parents and teachers deal with this unprecedented situation, Prim-Ed Publishing has launched a 'Parent Information Centre'. FREE learn-at-home packs can be accessed here for all classes, with direct links to relevant products for parents and blogs with great teaching tips!

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Library News and Notes

June 2, 2021

Dear Readers,

Great news! I was able to rebuild a simple version of the in-browser book reader which has enabled me to add back all of the ICDL books. The interface is not what it used to be, and we no longer have translations of books (only the original language the book was published in) - but we have all ~4,000 books back. The site is fast and reliable and should be able to stay around for some time to come. Happy reading!

May 5, 2021

Dear Readers,

Good news! Thanks to the UMD Computer Science Department, which has agreed to host a static version of ICDL, we have been able to resuscitate the library a bit, and have brought back 1/4 of the books in PDF form (that we have "download" rights for). We had to create a vastly simpler site without many, many of the features - no search, no translations, etc. But about 1,000 of the books are back, and we will work on bringing back more books and at least some aspects of the original site. Please note that we do not have the right to allow you to redistribute these books further, and they are provided to you only for personal use.

Thank you for so many of your heart-warming and gracious emails which encouraged us to find a way to keep the ICDL alive.

April 19, 2021

Dear Readers,

It has been over 20 years since we launched the International Children's Digital Library. In that time, we have served about 15 million people reading over 1,000,000 hours of children's books. We launched at a time when the concept of reading books online was a bit odd, and almost unheard of for children's books. After all these years, as far we know, we are still the largest collection of freely available complete children's books from around the world. And we did that without ever exposing children to commercial activities or risking their privacy.

But for many years, we have served this mission without any funds. And now all of the founders have moved on to other things in their lives. The servers are very old and dusty and there is no one to maintain them. Our licenses for the books are for use only by the ICDL so while we have considered a number of alternatives, none of them really made sense.

And so now it is time to say goodbye and read with the innumerable other resources in the world. The ICDL has been our labor of love, and we will always remember these books, the volunteers, libraries, publishers, and readers around the world with great fondness.

Keep reading!

- Founders Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, Ann Weeks, Anne Rose and Tim Browne (in memoriam)
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Number Bonds 11-19 | Math Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Link for Magic e unit of work - Book B - Unit 3 Long vowels

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Revision Final sounds Double consonants Hard and soft c and g

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The Great Isolation Activity Book SEND.pdf

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Free online, curricular linked resources, activity sheets, games, challenges and brand-new Food Dudes videos for the whole family to enjoy

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Do you know that our taste buds can develop over time? As children, we can train our taste buds by exposing them to different foods. Over time we develop liking for certain healthy foods. This way we can expand our palette and add many new foods to our diet. If we introduce a healthy diet, full of delicious fruit and vegetables from an early age we can develop our taste buds to like many different nutritious foods as we grow older.

There is lots of evidence to show that the more we taste a food, the more we learn to like it. It can range from from just a few tastes of a food, to 15 or more tries to learn to like something. It ranges per individual child and it also depends on the type of food. That is why the Food Dudes programme gives every child an opportunity to try a new fruit and vegetable at least 4 times, over the course of the Food Dudes programme. This ensures that everyone gets the opportunity to learn to like new varieties of fruits and vegetables.

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Welcome to Food Dudes Fun at Home! We have games, worksheets, activities and videos for parents to download which are aimed to support primary school children of all ages to make learning about fruit, vegetables and healthy eating fun and interesting. Join the conversation on #FoodDudesFun

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Online Jigsaw Puzzles

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Millions of free jigsaw puzzles created by a large community. Create, play, share jigsaw puzzles and compete with other users.

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Developing Language During Everyday Routines 

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Developing Language During Everyday Routines 

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Happy Talk Monkey Pack (4 - 8 years).pdf

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Happy Talk Insects Pack (4 - 8 Years).pdf

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Happy Talk Monster Pack (4 - 8 Years).pdf

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Receptive Language and Comprehension Skills

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Receptive Language and Comprehension Skills

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Welcome to the Land of Nursery Rhymes

Can I First Introduce you to:
with OVER 1000 Nursery Songs, Nursery Rhymes and Riddles Lyrics for you to enjoy. A ll are listed in Alphabetical order - Choose your letter or the Complete Listing page
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Our NEW Website Just for YOU - click on any of the pictures above

We have a Wonderful Collection of Poetry

These are Extremely Popular Nursery Songs and Kids Nursery Rhymes

Many of Your Favourite Poems, Riddles and Limericks

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly This is just a small selection

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Land of Nursery Rhymes and Songs Riddles Poems and Limericks

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Welcome to the Land of Nursery Rhymes Can I First Introduce you to: with OVER 1000 Nursery Songs, Nursery Rhymes and Riddles Lyrics for you to enjoy.

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Happy Talk is part of the HSE Speech and Language Therapy Service. Happy Talk seeks to support language, literacy and learning skills of young children.

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Happy Talk Springtime Pack (4 - 8 years).pdf

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Read the word and click on the correct picture

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Features a resource to develop important life and listening skills. This title develops ability to listen accurately and retain information in memory. It offers photocopiable exercises progress in difficulty.

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Some more Maths practice

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This website allows different Maths skills to be practised for each class level

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IXL offers online maths practice covering junior infants through sixth year maths and everything in between. Students will enjoy learning with IXL's fun and interactive questions, including graphing, drag-and-drop, select-and-edit and more.

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One months free access

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The SPELD SA "Let's Talk Together" language cards are free to use.

These picture cards have been created for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the development of spoken language and increasing vocabulary.

Silly pictures appeal to children's sense of the ridiculous and are often met with a smile.

How to use the "Oh Oh What is Silly" cards.

Show the child a picture and ask them what is wrong or silly in the picture and then encourage them to explain what would happen if it wasn't fixed.

If a student gives a one word answer, try these prompts:

What is wrong with the...?

What do you think will happen to the...?

How would you fix the picture?

How to use the "Which one does not belong?" cards

This game will improve your child's vocabulary, word retrieval and classification skills.

1. Ask the child to say the name of each picture.

2. Ask the child, "Which picture does not belong? Tell me why it does not belong."

For example: if picture shows a strawberry, an apple, a banana and a piece of cake, an appropriate response would be a strawberry, an apple, a banana, cake. The piece of cake does not belong because a strawberry, an apple and a banana are (kinds of fruit) fruits. A piece of cake is not a fruit.

How to use the "Let's Fix a Problem" cards

Show the student the card and ask what is happening in the picture.

Ask open ended questions that prompt discussion such as:

What is the problem in this picture? How could you fix it?

Is there anything in the picture that could help you fix the problem? How would you use it?

Have you ever had a problem like this? Tell me about it.

How to use the "If and Then" statement cards.

Read each statement aloud.

Ask your student(s) what they would do after each "if" statement (then...)

Ask the students about why they would do that; is there something else they could do? (to promote discussion and vocabulary building)

Activity: "If and Then"
If and Then cards (level 1) If and Then cards (level 2)
How to use the "True and False" cards.

Read each statement aloud.

Ask your student(s) to identify each statement as true or false.

Ask the students how they decided whether each answer was true or false (to promote discussion and vocabulary building)

Activity: "If and Then"
True and False cards (level 1) True and False cards (level 2)
Speech Pathologist Susan Robertson explains young children love to learn new words.

Learning about words and learning how to use them in sentences helps children communicate better with everyone (parents, teachers, friends, relatives etc.).

Having a broad vocabulary allows a child to use their language in many powerful and exciting ways. They can use words to explain, reason, problem solve, request, negotiate, question and comment (just to name a few!)

Knowing a broad range of words also helps children to understand what they are reading and helps them to understand and predict words that they are trying to spell.

A broad vocabulary is one of the best predictors of reading comprehension later on in school.

Learning new words is a WIN-WIN for everyone!

SPELD SA would like to thank the following for contributing to this project

Susan Robertson

Angela Weeks

Sandy Russo

Australian Executor Trustees
Harinish Taylor

Women's Education Program. Elizabeth TAFE SA

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The SPELD SA "Let's Talk Together" language cards are free to use. These picture cards have been created for the purpose of encouraging and promoting the development of spoken language and increasing vocabulary. Silly pictures appeal to children's sense of the ridiculous and are often met with a smile.

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Mommy Speech Therapy - Thoughts on speech & language development

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The speech and articulation worksheets as well as the other downloads on this page have been created by Heidi Hanks, M.S.CCC-SLP, and are property of Mommy Speech Therapy. These speech and articulation worksheets are free to download as support material to the related articles found on this site, and they are intended for use in your home or therapy setting to help your child. Please do not sell these or post them anywhere else. If you have any questions on how to use the articulation worksheets, please read my post The Process of Articulation Therapy for additional information. Good Luck, remember to be patient and make it fun!

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Helpful documents and activities for you to download to help you work with your child in different areas of their speech

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Watch & Stream Free Kids Yoga Videos | Cosmic Kids

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Watch and stream kids yoga videos in a safe space on our website. Cosmic Kids’ most popular adventures can be found here as well as on our app.

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Raise a reader by getting the best book recommendations, reading tips, and discounts delivered straight to your inbox.

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Please feel free to contact Ms.McCloskey or Ms.Dillon if you have any queries about your child's learning.

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Please feel free to contact Ms.McCloskey or Ms.Dillon if you have any queries about your child's learning.

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Ms. McCloskey- msmccloskey@stbrigidsgrange.ie
Ms.Dillon- msdillon@stbrigidsgrange.ie

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Free for parents

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Parent Information Centre

To help both parents and teachers deal with this unprecedented situation, Prim-Ed Publishing has launched a 'Parent Information Centre'. FREE learn-at-home packs can be accessed here for all classes, with direct links to relevant products for parents and blogs with great teaching tips!

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Each of the subject areas below showcase hand-picked resources that can be easily used by parents at home. Browse from a large range that includes daily practice of English and maths to encourage routine and progression, cross-curricular activities that are easy to pick up, and even home projects that can be done using readily available materials.

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Use the code IRLTWINKLHELPS to access resources ....there are some excellent cutting skills worksheets

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ROI Teaching Resources - Infants, Juniors, Seniors

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Instant access to inspirational lesson plans, schemes of work, assessment, interactive activities, resource packs, PowerPoints, teaching ideas at Twinkl!

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Age 3-5

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Learning to Count with these fun Counting Games

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Children will love learning to count up to 10 with these free, fun counting games.