A box of hands-on math games for kids ages 5–7, with a script that tells you exactly what to say and a short video for each one. No screen for your kid. No guesswork for you.
Math gets hard when the foundations are fuzzy. Numa Box turns the core concepts that often trip kids up into playful, hands-on kits that help them truly understand—not just memorize steps.
Every piece in the box shows an idea. Ten loose sprinkles really do become one candle. A kid doesn't get told the rule; they discover it with their hands, then use it to make something of their own.
Everything you need is inside, ready to play. No printing, no hunting for bits around the house.
A short card tells you exactly what to say. You don't need to know how to teach math.
Scan the QR code for a quick video of a real kid playing, then play together.
First grade is where the foundations of math get laid. Each game teaches one of them, and each one unlocks the math that comes next.
Trade ten sprinkles for one candle, then build any number up to 120.
Place value
Fill the monster's teeth to make ten, and see the missing part.
Make 10
Eight friends, two houses. How many live in each?
Number bonds
Count, read and write numbers to 20.
Counting
Build shapes from shapes, then take them apart.
Shapes
The monster is missing some teeth. How many more does he need to make ten? Kids fill the gaps, name their monster, and without noticing, learn the number facts that make adding fast.
Later, two monsters share teeth: move two over and 8 + 6 becomes 10 + 4. That's the same "make a ten" strategy first-grade classrooms use.
The Numa Math Map shows how each first-grade game grows into the math of second and third grade, and beyond.
Natalie is a mathematics professor, a mom, and a Teachers College, Columbia University–trained educator who has trained teachers how to teach math.
She designed every Numa game the way a great teacher would, then made it simple enough for any family to use at home. The first testers were her own two girls, at her own kitchen table.
Five games, one box, made to be played with again and again.