Team up and get counting in Let’s Defend – Show Me 3! In this cooperative early numeracy game, students practise identifying visual groups of three. Each correct answer helps protect the town from invading robots by earning upgrades and defence strategies!

Work together to build and protect a town that is under attack by giant robots. Choose to upgrade the homes within the town and grow the population, strengthen the town walls or actively attack the robots. In each round, students are shown multiple images and must select the one that shows a collection of exactly three objects.

Let’s Defend – Show Me 3 supports early years to Year 1 learners in developing number recognition, subitising and one-to-one correspondence. Through teamwork and interactive gameplay, students build their confidence in identifying the number three in a fun and engaging way.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and match visual groups of three objects
• ✅ Strengthen subitising and early counting strategies
• ✅ Develop number fluency and visual discrimination skills
• ✅ Collaborate in cooperative gameplay for shared success

How to Play:

1. Students are shown a number and multiple images with different object groups.
2. They must select the image that shows exactly three items.
3. Each correct answer allows them to upgrade, defend, or grow the town.
4. If playing with others, all players must work together to keep the town safe.
5. The game ends with a snapshot showing how well the town was defended!

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during small group rotations focused on number recognition from 1 to 5.
• 💡 Pair students to count aloud and justify their selection together.
• 💡 Reinforce learning with hands-on matching tasks using counters, buttons or toys in groups of three.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task.
• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins.
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play.

Let’s Defend – Show Me 3 brings number identification and teamwork together in an exciting game that gets your students counting, cooperating and protecting their town!