Background & Educational Approach

Our Educational Philosophy

Our journey began with a challenge that many parents face: watching our six-year-old daughter struggle with mathematics. Numbers felt overwhelming to her, and her confidence seemed to shrink with every problem she encountered. What began as a source of frustration for us eventually turned into an unexpected source of inspiration. We explored countless math teaching apps available on Apple and Android stores. Unfortunately, many of these tools fell short. The apps were often overloaded with distracting cartoons and unnecessary sounds, missing the point entirely. Worse still, most were focused more on pushing expensive subscriptions than truly helping children learn. Frustrated but unwilling to accept the status quo, we decided to take matters into our own hands. We set out to create something better—a tool that could genuinely help our daughter.

The breakthrough came through patient and collaborative learning. We started with just ten simple questions, sitting beside her and offering gentle encouragement. It wasn't about pushing harder or overwhelming her; instead, it was about fostering a supportive and enjoyable learning environment. This philosophy became the heart of our game—simple, clear, and inviting. By breaking complex concepts into manageable chunks and providing immediate, positive feedback, we watched her relationship with math transform. What once felt insurmountable turned into an exciting puzzle she was eager to solve. By the end of the summer, the results were astounding. She had progressed from struggling with basic arithmetic to confidently solving fifty questions at increasingly advanced levels. What began as a basic learning tool became a confidence-boosting platform, showing her that she could conquer even the most challenging math problems.

This personal journey taught us that learning is not about pressure but about creating an environment where children feel supported, engaged, and capable. What started as a solution for our daughter has now grown into a mission—to help other children experience the joy and empowerment that comes with mastering mathematics.

Why Mathematics Matters

Mathematics is not just about numbers - it's about developing problem-solving skills, logical thinking, and confidence in tackling challenges. Our games are designed to foster these essential life skills while making learning fun.

Our Approach

  • Interactive Learning: Engage children through active participation
  • Progressive Difficulty: Build confidence through gradual challenges
  • Immediate Feedback: Help children learn from mistakes
  • Positive Reinforcement: Celebrate success and encourage persistence

Learning Approach

Our Learning Philosophy: Insights from Asian Educational Approaches

As parents who have spent many years in Asia, we have experienced first-hand the Asian style of learning mathematics and other subjects. We believe that by adopting some of the Asian approach to mathematics while still fostering a fun and confidence-building environment, we can achieve the best learning outcomes.

Key Principles of Our Approach

  1. Parental Involvement is Crucial

    You need to invest time with your child in this learning process. Sometimes their attention wanders or a question seems too hard, and you have to be there to keep them on track. As difficult as it is to find free time in life these days, this will require dedicated time from parents.

  2. Start Simple and Build Gradually

    Begin with the simplest level and set a modest goal, such as getting 10 questions right. Do not rush to more difficult levels immediately. It is far better to slowly increase the number of questions the child can handle in one session.

    There are two key reasons for this approach:

    • Repetition: A cornerstone of the Asian approach to mathematics. Through consistent practice, children eventually answer simple single-digit questions almost instinctively. The answer comes out effortlessly without conscious thought. This foundational skill is critical for tackling more complex questions.
    • Multiple Daily Sessions: Given that in the first few weeks the question count will be small with sessions lasting say 5 minutes each, then it is important to have 4 or 5 sessions a day. This is key to helping your child commit the skills to permanent memory, otherwise what we saw was that the cild can forget everything they learned if you have a gap of a few days with no proactise.
      • The Asian approach in essence is to have lots of practise everyday, so that the skills being burnt-in and are available to the child automatically.
  3. Concentration Development: The gradual increase in question count helps develop the child's ability to concentrate and focus on the task at hand for longer periods. They don't notice that they went from 5 minute sessions to 20 minute sessions within two months.
  4. Progressive Difficulty

    Once your child is confidently answering 100 or more questions correctly, then move up a level in difficulty and repeat the process. Stay at each level until they are answering questions with confidence and speed.

Our approach is about creating a supportive, patient learning environment that builds mathematical confidence step by step.

Age-Appropriate

Content and difficulty levels are tailored to different age groups

Curriculum-Aligned

Games support standard mathematical learning objectives