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The Building Blocks app from Akshara Foundation is a FREE Math learning app that lets children practice math concepts learnt at school, as a set of fun math games. 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.