😺 MATHY CAT PLAY-BASED MATH RESOURCE LIBRARY

    Playful math resources for everyday learning.

    Browse a growing collection of hands-on games and resources that help children count, compare, explain, and build number sense through play.

    Small activities, big thinking

    Ready to play

    Count it.
    Move it.
    Talk about it.

    • 04free packs to explore
    • 04course-exclusive resources

    Start with what is ready

    Public starting points for a bigger collection.

    Choose a free pack below to see how the activities work. Course subscribers can explore the complete resource library on the course platform.

    Goldfish Snack and Count activity with a fishbowl counting card and Goldfish crackers.
    FreeCounting activity

    Goldfish Snack & Count

    Turn snack time into a short, hands-on prompt for matching number words, numerals, and real quantities.

    Explore the free pack
    Mathy Cat’s Hungry activity showing two fish jar mats and Mathy’s Hungry Math bowl and game sheet.
    FreePrintable math game

    Mathy Cat’s Hungry Addition & Subtraction

    Move fish between two jars as children add, take away, compare, predict, and explain their thinking.

    Explore the free pack
    Ice-Cream Math Activity Pack with numbered cones and colourful scoops.
    FreePrintable activity pack

    Ice-Cream Math Activity Pack

    A colourful ice-cream shop for counting, matching, ordering, patterns, and conversations about more and less.

    Explore the free pack
    Mathy Cat Treasure Trail Mazes Starter Pack cover displayed beside a sample maze and gem-counting prompt.
    Free8-maze starter pack

    Mathy Cat Treasure Trail Mazes

    Follow paw prints, collect gems, count each find, and reach the gift box in eight printable mazes.

    Explore the free pack

    For course subscribers

    More resources inside the complete collection.

    These course-exclusive resources take the play further. Subscribers can access Mathy Cat’s Ice-Cream Shop, Mathy’s Mystery Case Files, Math in Everyday Life, and the Treasure Trail Maker on the course platform.

    Mathy Cat’s Ice-Cream Shop overview showing the welcome guide and five playful shop steps.
    Course-exclusive subscriber gamePart of the complete course library

    Mathy Cat’s Ice-Cream Shop

    Mathy Cat’s Ice-Cream Shop is a course-exclusive game for subscribers. This page previews the pretend-play experience; the full game lives in the complete collection on the course platform. Children can become the shopkeeper, ice-cream chef, customer, or Mathy Cat’s assistant as they take orders, build ice creams, read a menu, work out prices, use Mathy Money, give change, and solve playful shop challenges.

    • Orders, scoops, menus, and prices
    • Mathy Money, payment, and change
    • Roles that keep the conversation moving
    Preview the shop bonus
    Mathy’s Mystery Case Files cover showing Mathy Cat with a magnifying glass and twenty mystery math cases.
    Course-exclusive subscriber gameShop-world extension

    Mathy’s Mystery Case Files

    Mathy’s Mystery Case Files is a course-exclusive extension game built from the Ice-Cream Shop world. Across 20 playful cases, children follow clues, compare possibilities, spot mistakes, find patterns, work with money, and explain how they know. This page offers a closer look at the investigation; subscribers find the complete game in the course collection.

    • Twenty cases that grow with the detective
    • Hands-on clues, sorting, patterns, and money
    • A grown-up guide and Master Math Detective finish
    Preview the case files
    Math in Everyday Life collection collage showing the parent guide and colourful quick-reference sheets for eight everyday math themes.
    Course-exclusive parent resourceQuick-reference cheatsheet pack

    Math in Everyday Life

    Math in Everyday Life is a set of 8 quick-reference cheatsheets for parents who want one simple idea to use right away. Spot playful math in mealtimes, play, tidying up, walks, cooking, bath time, books, and more, with no required order and nothing complicated to prepare.

    • Eight everyday math themes to keep close
    • Prompts for routines you are already doing
    • A gentle “I’m too tired to plan today” helper
    Preview Math in Everyday Life
    Treasure Trail Maker shown on a tablet with a newly generated Mathy Cat maze.
    Course-exclusive puzzle makerFor course members

    Treasure Trail Maker

    Treasure Trail Maker is a course-exclusive maze generator for course members. Choose a maze style, challenge level, and colour world, then create fresh Mathy Cat mazes with matching gem-counting activities for print or on-screen play.

    • Maze styles, challenge levels, and colour worlds
    • Fresh printable and on-screen activities
    • Offline-friendly maze creation once the app is open
    Explore the Treasure Trail Mazes

    More is on the way

    A growing shelf of playful ideas.

    Mathy Cat’s Ice-Cream Shop, Mathy’s Mystery Case Files, Math in Everyday Life, and the Treasure Trail Maker are the four course-exclusive resources currently featured in this library. As new course-exclusive resources are prepared, they will be added to the subscriber collection on the course platform and marked here when ready. The four public packs remain available to explore from their own pages.

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