Rechnen mit TOM
Maths practice that is actually fun: for planet schule we developed the learning game “Rechnen mit TOM” — featuring comedian Martina Hill as the counting fairy, the loving animations of Studio FILM BILDER, and a reward that makes every sum worth solving.
Basic skills you can touch
The PISA study sounds the alarm: many children are getting worse at arithmetic — and educational research agrees that trained basic skills are what is missing. This is exactly where “Rechnen mit TOM” comes in: the learning game for children aged 5 to 7 makes addition and subtraction visible and tangible.
The concept comes from Andreas Hykade, creator of the cult series “TOM and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam and Honey”. Pixelcloud handled game design and programming, Studio FILM BILDER the animations — and Martina Hill accompanies the children as the counting fairy, encouraging and motivating them with plenty of empathy.
Eight maths lessons, one goal
Across eight lessons with four exercises each, children help TOM with his sums: from counting to the “magic five” and the “magic ten”, all the way to crossing ten in the number range up to 20. Funny animations, music and songs carry them through every story.
Whoever masters a lesson is crowned maths royalty — and rewarded with a TOM film to watch. If things go wrong, the story simply starts over. No stress, no registration, straight in the browser.
TOMMI & Goldener Spatz
“Rechnen mit TOM” took 2nd place at the German children’s software award TOMMI. The children’s jury verdict: “…because practising maths is really fun here and completely different from school.” At the Goldener Spatz children’s media festival, the game was nominated in the “Interactive & Digital Storytelling” competition.
The game is free to play at planet-schule.de — complemented by a large teaching package with worksheets for early maths lessons.
