Flock of Ten

Flock of Ten: two small round birds on a branch, one wearing a 4 and one wearing a 6

Tap birds that add to 10.

Birds have landed in the tree, and each one wears a number. Tap a flock that adds up to 10 and they fly off. The ones above drop into the gap. Clear the tree.

Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play

Ten Make 10 boards are free and do not expire. No ads, no timer, no account.

Meet the flock

Nine birds, nine numbers

Every bird wears its number on a tag, plain and easy to read. The number is the bird.

How it plays

Find ten, watch them fly

One idea per turn: these birds add to 10. There is no clock and nothing to lose, so there is always time to count.

1

Read the tree

The birds sit in rows on their branches. Look for numbers that belong together.

2

Tap a flock

Tap the birds you want. The game adds them up as you go.

3

Make exactly 10

When the flock makes 10, tap it again and off they fly. A flock that makes 8 is told so: “8 — need 10”.

4

Clear the tree

The birds above drop into the gap and make new neighbours. Keep going until the tree is empty.

Number bonds

The friends of ten

A 4 sitting beside a 6 is the whole lesson. The boards begin with one pair at a time, then mix them, then bring in flocks of three.

And flocks of three

Two ways to choose

Anywhere first, then neighbours

The same boards play two ways. Pick one from the menu above the tree.

Choose anywhere

Pick birds from any part of the tree. A 1 on the left and a 9 on the right make 10. This is where everyone starts.

Connected flocks

Now the birds must touch: side by side, or one above another. Each clear changes who sits next to whom, so it pays to look one drop ahead.

The game

A quiet tree and readable numbers

These are the game itself, on a phone and on a tablet. It is still in testing, so details may change before release.

A Make 10 board: five rows of birds wearing 1s and 9s
Make 10
Connected flocks: a neighbouring 1 and 9 are highlighted, with 1 + 9 = 10 shown above
Connected flocks
The same Make 10 board on a tablet, framed by woodland trees
On a tablet

For grown-ups and teachers

The maths is the rule

Flock of Ten is made for ages 5 to 8, and for the adult sitting beside them. It practises the number bonds to 10 that early-years classes already teach. There is no quiz in front of the game: adding to 10 is the game.

The instructions are short enough to read aloud, and a child can explain the rule to a friend in one sentence.

Calm by design

  • No timer, no lives, no score to chase. A careful player is never hurried.
  • A wrong sum is explained, never punished. The flock shows what it adds to and what it needs.
  • Hints you can switch off. With hints on, a chosen bird shows the partner it needs: a 4 “needs 6”.
  • Undo and Restart are always there. A first tap that goes wrong is easy to take back.
  • No ads and no account. The game collects nothing. Privacy policy.

Later flocks

When ten is easy

For older children the same tree carries bigger ideas, one rule to a board: sums to 20 and to 100, products, fractions that make 1, and positive and negative numbers that make 0. The birds and the tap stay the same.

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The Flock of Ten app icon: a golden bird wearing the number 10

Free to start

Ten boards free, for good

The ten Make 10 boards are free and do not expire — pairs, triples and a review, in both ways of choosing. A one-time purchase opens the later flocks. It is offered only on its own screen, with an “Ask a grown-up” step, and never after a wrong answer. No subscription.

Coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and to Google Play. Questions: support.