4 Years Old

At four, children learn best through play and in short bursts of attention. The activities for 4-year-olds take just 3–5 minutes and are meant to be done together with a parent: you sit close, point to the pictures, and celebrate each answer.

In math, your child counts objects up to 5 and discovers that the last number said tells how many there are. They also learn to recognize and name basic shapes and colors—and then spot circles and squares around the house. In early literacy, rhymes and clapping out the syllables in names and everyday words build the listening skills that reading will later rely on.

Each topic has an online exercise of 10 questions with spoken instructions and instant feedback. To keep practicing on paper, print tracing worksheets with large lines, a coloring page with your child’s name, or simple coloring pages with thick outlines.