Counting
Knowing how numbers work and how to move around them.
The words your child may use
What are CLIC
and Learn Its?
If your child's school uses Big Maths, you may have heard these words at home. They are also the two kinds of practice in the Big Maths Beat That! app.
CLIC: four parts, in order.
CLIC stands for Counting, Learn Its, It's Nothing New and Calculation. It is the order in which Big Maths builds the basic skills of maths.
Learn Its
The number facts children need to recall.
It's Nothing New
Seeing that a new step is a small change to something they already know.
Calculation
Using all of that to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Learn Its: facts they can recall.
Learn Its are addition facts and times tables facts, such as 6 + 4 = 10 or 7 x 8 = 56. The aim is recall: knowing the answer without working it out.
Each fact opens the door to more. A child who knows 6 + 4 = 10 also has 4 + 6, 10 - 4 and 10 - 6. Learn Its Practice in the app explores these related facts together.
Where Beat That! comes from.
In school, Beat That! is the weekly challenge where each child tries to beat their own previous score. The app takes its name from that idea: your child's target is always their own last step, never another child.
Where the app begins.
A short Baseline finds two separate starting points, one for Learn Its and one for CLIC, so practice begins from what your child already knows. CLIC is arranged in levels made of small steps, and your child moves on when the steps are secure.
See how the app worksBegin with the Baseline
Find your child’s starting point.
Start with a free account.
The Baseline assessment, continued practice and parent progress reports are free. A paid plan unlocks new CLIC levels. The app is available now on Android. Register your free account, then get it on Google Play. See plans and prices