Students will launch the math game project by exploring real games with adults and older helpers, noticing what makes a game clear and fun, and naming the math ideas games can help friends practice. They will then use an anchor-chart checklist to sort expectations, choose partners, and complete a first game plan review with an adult so they are ready for user research in the next phase.

Students will observe real players, practice listening and noticing, gather evidence about what makes a counting game clear and fun, and turn that evidence into an empathy artifact, assumption list, and game-plan checkpoint that prepares them for designing with a real audience in mind.

Students will turn research from earlier testing into clear game ideas, choose one promising concept with evidence, build a low-fidelity prototype, and run a first playtest to gather feedback for revision.

Students will use playtest evidence, anchor-chart checkpoints, and adult review to improve their partner math games through two revision rounds, then share a short stakeholder presentation that explains how feedback shaped their design choices.

Students will showcase their partner-designed math games with an authentic audience, explain how the games help players practice key kindergarten math skills, gather final user feedback, and complete a simple reflection using class anchor-chart checkpoints.