Beyond Cats! Kindergarten Math 2.5.2

The Children's Technology Review awarded this application their prestigious "Editor's Choice Award," recognizing its quality and educational value.

This math practice app is a comprehensive tool designed to support kindergarteners' development in both numbers and geometry throughout the academic year. Its adaptive difficulty progression ensures that as children learn, the challenges evolve accordingly.

Several reviews highlight its strengths: "Overall a very comprehensive, engaging, and unique math app for Kindergarteners," awarded 4.5 out of 5 stars by the iMums; and "I highly recommend it" with a "Very well done" endorsement from AppyMall, also rating it 4.5 stars.

The app features whimsically illustrated animals that create an engaging environment for math practice. The focus remains predominantly on mathematical activities, offering diverse content with each gameplay. The extensive variety of question types allows for hundreds of potential question-and-answer combinations.

The Beyond Cats! series introduces a distinctive multiple-choice gameplay mechanism where users can self-check answers at any point by sliding out the answer puzzle tab:

• 9 Squares
• 9 Questions
• 9 Answers

In this mode, children can verify their answers by examining the puzzle pieces' arrangement. Misplaced pieces indicate incorrect responses. Tapping these pieces returns them to the pool for correction, reinforcing learning through active engagement. This approach fosters critical thinking, strategic reasoning, spatial awareness, and patience—skills vital to lifelong learning.

Parent and educator controls facilitate personalized usage and monitoring:

• Up to 50 customizable player profiles
• Two difficulty levels to accommodate progress
• Option to set specific practice topics
• Progress tracking features
• Ability to reset individual or all topics for a player
• Direct references to relevant Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

The app aims to align with students' developmental stages, cultivating a conceptual understanding of mathematics through engaging activities categorized under key topics:

• Number Sense: (CCSS K.CC.1-2,4-7; K.NBT; K.MD.2; K.OA.1-5)
• • Recognition
  • Counting
  • Sequencing
  • Relativity
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Base Ten Concepts
• Geometry Sense: (CCSS K.G.1-6; K.MD.1-3)
• • Colors
  • Shape Identification
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  • Positioning
  • Patterns
  • Symmetry and Direction
  • Data Collection and Measurement

The app is suitable for grades 1 and 2 as well, supporting continued development beyond kindergarten.

MaypopDesigns participates in the Moms with Apps community and upholds the KNOW What's Inside initiative to ensure safe and privacy-respecting digital content for children:

• No collection of personally identifiable information.
• No performance or activity reports generated.
• No in-app purchases required.
• Website, Facebook, and iTunes links are protected by parental gates.
• No advertising included.
• No involvement of third-party services in data collection or monetization.

For an overview of the app in action, visit: http://youtu.be/_mAhL6eNtMs.