Lesson 23: Feed mochi: an abacus sums game
Level 2, Easy Street. Each snack has a sum. Make the answer on the beads and Mochi eats it.
What your child does, card by card
Game time: Feed Mochi. Work out the sum. Feed the dragon! PlayBuddy opens the lesson: “Game time! Let's play with the beads!”
Game time: Bead Balloons fills the lesson window. Each balloon carries a little abacus with one rod; your child reads it and types the number (or taps it on the pad below) to pop it. 8 balloons win the round. A balloon that floats away costs nothing.
Mochi is full! Feed Mochi is on the Games page too.
What this lesson trains
Easy sums made on the beads, one snack at a time. The same game is free on the Games page with numbers to set.
Fingers and hands
During the game the number pad takes the hands’ place in the lower window.
What PlayBuddy and PlayType say
PlayBuddy: “Don't clear. The beads keep the answer.”
Stars
A finished round earns the lesson’s stars; a miss costs nothing.