Shapes and patterns
Naming basic shapes, continuing a simple pattern, comparing more and fewer, and counting to ten.
Age 4 · Roughly Pre-K
Letters, shapes and a story worth finishing.
Four-year-olds are often ready for slightly longer stretches — tracing a letter shape, spotting a pattern, guessing what happens next in a story — usually still with a parent close by.
School systems differ. “Pre-K” is an approximate starting point and can be changed.
Ideas for this age
Skills that often suit age four
This is guidance, not a checklist. Some four-year-olds already blend simple sounds; others are just starting to hold a pencil with control — both are typical.
Reading and language
Letter shapes, first sounds, following a short story, and answering “what happens next?”.
Science and the wider world
Weather, the seasons, animal families, and sorting things by one clear rule.
After the demo
Age is a starting point, not a fixed track.
After sign-in, your child’s Home shows the learning goals currently available for their age and level. The demo and printable in this guide are separate ways to try an activity. Practice collections chosen with a parent are separate; these record practice, not independent learning progress.
- Choose 5, 10 or 15 questions for practice
- Teaching has separate steps where offered
- Parent reports distinguish practice from independent progress
Ideas to explore together
Questions a four-year-old can try with you
- Maths: Which row has more ducks — the row of three or the row of five?
- Reading: Teddy is sad because it is raining. What could make Teddy feel better?
- Science: Which coat is best for a snowy day — the raincoat or the puffy coat?
Free Print & Play sheet
Tall and Cross Letters
An age 3–4 letter-formation activity for tracing tall and crossed letter shapes along a big, friendly line. One A4 page, black and white, no account.
Ten minutes, not a test
Let your child try it with you.
The demo gives one small snapshot. Change the level any time it feels wrong — age is a starting point, not a ceiling.