Every card here shows two things at once: the digit and the number word beside it. Your child sees 3 and Three together, hears it spoken, and moves on. That pairing is the point. Plenty of children can count to ten out loud long before they can pick the numeral 7 out of a line-up or read the word seven on a page, and those are the two skills school actually asks for first.
These cards are free to use in your browser, with no signup. Tap Start and they advance on their own. The gear icon in the corner opens parent settings, where you can slow the timer down, speed it up, switch between counting up, counting down and random order, mute the audio, or pause autoplay entirely and tap through at your child's pace. Random order is worth reaching for once counting up feels easy — it is the difference between a child who has memorised the sequence and one who genuinely recognises each number on sight.
Keep sessions short. Two or three minutes a day beats a long session once a week, and stopping while your child is still enjoying it is what makes them come back. If they call out the number before the audio does, that is the moment to slow down and let them lead.
Once 1 to 10 is comfortable, counting 11-20 is the natural next step, and the number matching game turns the same material around — your child drags the digit onto its written word, which is a harder and more useful skill than recognising either one alone. For a change of subject, shapes, colors and A-Z letters work the same way.
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Each card shows a numeral, the matching count, and the number word spoken aloud, so one to ten is learned as a digit and a quantity at the same time. Run it in order while counting is new, then shuffle it to check your child recognises a numeral on its own.
Reciting one to ten usually comes before understanding what the numbers mean. Counting real objects alongside the cards is what connects the spoken sequence to actual quantity.
The 11-20 counting deck continues the sequence and covers the teen numbers, which are harder because their names do not follow the pattern.
These cards show the numerals. To count real things and answer “how many?”, try the Counting flashcards · all ages 3-4 activities
One row of pictures counts to five, two rows count to ten.
