--- title: "Bloques: The Mat Checks Itself · Math materials you pick up with your hands. · Kid Secure Games" description: "Bloques is a set of math manipulatives for iPad: base ten blocks, counters, ten frames, number lines, fraction bars, pattern blocks, a balance scale, arrays, money in four currencies and a clock, plus 60 activity cards and an Apple Pencil layer to write on top. Works offline. No ads, no account, one purchase." canonical: "https://kidsecuregames.com/bloques" last_updated: "2026-10-21" --- # Bloques: Math materials you pick up with your hands. cartridge 19 Base ten blocks, counters, ten frames, a number line, fraction bars, pattern blocks, a balance, arrays, money and a clock. Push ten units together and they snap into a rod with a click. - Coming soon to the App Store - iPad - EN · ES - Ages 4+ - 100% offline - Free + one unlock App Store: soon screen soon screens ## What you'll see I haven't taken the screenshots yet. Each empty frame below is the size of the real one and says what will go in it. screen soon Ten units snapping into a rod on the mat. screen soon The shelf of pieces along the bottom of the mat. screen soon An activity card, Show 34, with its progress bar. screen soon Fraction bars laid out to make one whole. screen soon The balance scale with counters on both pans. screen soon A parent writing over the mat with the Apple Pencil. Scroll sideways. power-ups ## What's inside - exchange ### Ten units become a rod, by hand Push ten units together and they snap into a rod with a click and a little bounce. Your kid watches ten turn into one, and that's where place value starts to make sense. - hands ### Many fingers at once Four fingers can drag four pieces at the same time, and each piece stays with its own finger. Your kid can sort counters with both hands. - materials ### Ten materials, one shelf Base ten blocks, counters, ten frames, number line, fraction bars and circles, pattern blocks with outline puzzles, a balance, arrays, money in four currencies, and a clock. - cards ### Sixty activity cards, never a red cross Show 34. Make 1 whole with thirds. Set the clock to half past 3. The card notices when the mat is right and cheers by itself. Tap Check to ask early: a wrong mat gets "Not yet, look again", and a hint from the second miss. - pencil ### Write on top with the Pencil A layer you can write on over the mat, so a parent or teacher sitting beside your kid can label, circle and draw the arrow that explains it. - one screen ### Nothing scrolls off the mat Every mat fits on one screen, with no scrolling and no zooming, so nothing your kid builds gets lost off the edge. free vs unlocked ## Free to download. Pay once for the rest. No subscription and nothing else to buy later. Here's what's free and what the unlock adds. What Free Unlocked Base ten blocks, counters, ten frames, number line Yes Yes Pieces, saving, photos of a mat, the Pencil layer Unlimited Unlimited Activity cards 15 of 60 All 60 Fractions, pattern blocks, balance, arrays, money, clock No Yes Printable worksheets 3 Unlimited Four materials with unlimited pieces and saving make a complete math toy on their own. A saved mat is your kid's work, so it always opens, even with a locked material on it. faq ## Questions about Bloques **Is this a math curriculum?** No. It's the box of wooden materials from a good classroom, on an iPad, with activity cards that suggest things to try. There are no scores or grades. **Why iPad only?** On a phone you'd fit three counters, not thirty six, and there's no room to drag four pieces with four fingers. **Does snapping ever get in the way?** You can turn it off in the parent area, for the kid who'd rather count ten loose units than trade them for a rod. ## Bloques is almost here It's built and being tested. I'll update this page the day it reaches the App Store. There's no mailing list to join. App Store: soon --- Page: https://kidsecuregames.com/bloques The whole studio for agents: https://kidsecuregames.com/llms.txt