Tricky Bricks

Tricky Bricks is an activity in JumpStart Math for Second Graders. It is designed to teach number sense and skip counting at a second grade level.

Description
Some of the hallways or stairwells in the castle contain numbered bricks. CJ and Edison can only proceed by following a certain set of numbers. The Princess will give the player a hint about the number pattern they need to follow. Then the player must click on one numbered brick in each row, and create the number pattern that matches the Princess's clue. The player can only work on one row at a time, and they can't go back and change the selected number in a previous row. If the player succeeds, CJ and Edison may continue, but if the selection of numbers is incorrect, CJ and Edison will be sent to the the dungeon.

Digital manual description
Numbers, numbers everywhere. At various points throughout the castle, you'll see numbered bricks on the steps or hallways. You can't proceed unless you step on the bricks in the correct order. Don't worry, the Princess has the key to getting through.


 * Listen carefully to the Princess's pattern clue.
 * Click on each of the numbered stones in the series, one per row.
 * If you change your mind, just click on a different stone in that row. Once you move to the next row, however, you will be unable to change the previous row's stone.
 * Can you get all the way across, or will you end up counting the stones somewhere else--like in the dungeon?

SKILLS: Number sense, number operations, skip counting