Building Blocks 1-8 by Akshara

It is designed to work on the most basic-level smartphones, ONLINE and OFFLINE. Mapped to NCF2005, NCERT guidelines, it is currently available in 5 languages and offers a total of 250+ intuitive free math games.



Children in schools typically are exposed to math learning for less than 2 hours a week. Moreover, many of them do not have a learning environment at home. This free math learning app provides access to math practice and mathematics learning to children from grades 1-5.



The Free Mathematics learning app includes:



▶ Class 5 Maths

▶ Class 4 Maths

▶ Class 3 Maths

▶ Class 2 Maths

▶ Class 1 Maths

▶ Math Games for kids and

▶ Fun Math games

▶ Free Maths Games for all

▶ Math in Hindi

▶ Math in Kannada

▶ Math in Odiya &

▶ Math in Gujrati / Gujrathi





Key Features:

✴ Designed to reinforce math concepts learnt at school

✴ A gamified version of the school syllabus – mapped to NCF 2005 themes

✴ Suitable for children from ages 6-12 (Grade 1 to Grade 5)

✴ Available in five languages - English, Kannada, Hindi, Odiya and Gujrati

✴ Strictly adheres to math pedagogy, taking the child progressively through concepts from concrete to abstract.

✴ Is highly engaging – has simple animations, relatable characters and a colourful design

✴ All instructions are audio based, to facilitate ease of use

✴ 6 Children can play this game on a single device

✴ Has more than 250 interactive activities ( Cool Math Games )

✴ Has a Practice Math Mode – to reinforce concepts learnt and a Math Challenge Mode – to assess levels of learning

✴ There are no in-app purchases, upsells or advertisements

✴ Works on the most basic-level smartphones, ONLINE and OFFLINE.

✴ All the games are tested on smartphones with 1GB RAM and also on Android-based tablets



Contents of the App include:



◾ Number Sense - Number recognition for kids, Number Tracing, Sequence, learn math ◾ Counting - Forward, backward, find missing numbers, before and after number , Place Value, Fractions - for 1, 2, and 3 digit numbers

◾ Comparison - Greater than, Lesser than, Equal, Ascending order, Descending order,

◾ Number formation - for 1,2 and 3 digit numbers

◾ Number Operations – Addition & Subtraction games, Multiplication games, learn Division - for 1, 2, and 3 digit numbers

◾ Learn Measurements – Spatial relationships - far-near, narrow-wide, small-big, thin-thick ,tall- short, heavy-light

◾ Length - measure non-standard units and with standard units - in centimetre (cm) and metre (m)

◾ Weight - measure with non-standard units, standard unit - in gram(g), Kilogram(kg)

◾ Volume - Capacity - non-standard units, standard unit - millilitre (ml), litre(l)

Time

◾ Calendar - Identify parts of the calendar - date, day, year, days of the week, month

◾ Clock - Identify parts of the clock, Read the time, Showing time

◾ Elapsed Time - Sequence events of the day

◾ Shapes - 2D-Shapes , 3D- Shapes, Reflection, Rotation , Symmetry, Area, Perimeter, Circle – radius, diameter





The free Building Blocks app is by Akshara Foundation which is a charity organization/ NGO in India.