Squirrel Hop: Counting Games

Squirrel Hop is a counting game for children aged 3 to 6, set on a sunny terrace. A little palm squirrel hops along a straight number line of stones, and your child moves it with one tap per hop while the voice says each number it lands on. Every turn starts from the stone the squirrel is standing on, so it counts on: "On 5... 6, 7!" A chatty parrot takes the other turns and counts on out loud the same way. Five ways to play • Hop Board - spin, then tap to hop one stone at a time. Boards grow from 1-10 to 1-20, and children who find them easy can move on to numbers up to 100. • Quick Look - how many dots? Match small groups, dice patterns and ten-frames. • More or Less - which tray has more? Which number is less? • Nut Box - fill the box. How many more nuts make 5? How many make 10? • Dot-to-Dot - join the numbers in order and a picture appears. On the terrace • Every instruction is spoken, and pictures and a pointing hand show what to do, so a child who is not reading yet can still play along • One tap moves the squirrel one stone. Nothing needs dragging, and stones, nuts and buttons are sized for small fingers • Nobody loses: the squirrel and the parrot both hop all the way to the last stone, and the parrot never races far ahead • A wrong tap gets a soft wobble, never a buzzer. Help comes step by step - counting it through, a glow, then a pointing hand - and your child still makes the last tap. Nothing to lose here: no lives, no clock and no "Game Over" screen • Stones and numbers grow step by step. After two tricky rounds in a row the next pack is a little gentler, and a child who finds it easy is offered a jump ahead • Grown-ups pick the counting voice: English (India), English (US) or English (UK), when that voice is on the phone Things that wait for your child • Daily Hop: one short race plus two counting games each day. Past days from this month and last month stay open in the Hop Calendar • My Number Line: each finished game pack pegs the next number on a clothesline that runs from 1 to 100 • Pot row: seven clay pots, Monday to Sunday, stand on the terrace wall, and a plant grows in the day's pot when your child finishes a round What children practise Squirrel Hop lets children practise counting on from a number, saying how many dots they see, comparing amounts and numbers, and making 5 and 10. Away from the screen, try any board game together and say each number aloud as you move. For grown-ups • A grown-ups corner, opened by typing the answer to a times-table question, lists the counting games each child played this week and gives small ideas for home, like counting stairs or fingers • Up to three players, each picked by a squirrel picture instead of a name • An optional daily play limit (15 to 60 minutes) and a squirrel nap card that suggests a rest • All five games are open from day one: no paywall, no subscription, nothing to buy • The games play offline. There is no sign-up and no account, and the app has no microphone or camera permission • Squirrel Hop contains ads. They are child-directed, not personalised and limited to ads rated for general audiences (details in Data safety). A small banner sits at the bottom of the game map screens. Now and then a full-screen ad may appear after your child taps Next at the end of a pack. Ads never appear during a round, on Home or when the app starts