Nia Brown
Curious. Kind. Count on Nia!
A bright, curious explorer who loves puzzles and discovers math in the world around her. With her sparkle-green number wand, Nia helps the garden bloom.
Counting
🌻 A Bright Minds Explorers Adventure
Nia & the Number Garden
Little numbers.
Big discoveries.
Join Nia Brown and her friends for stories, playful practice, and a garden full of possibility.
Explore at your own pace · No account needed to play
Buckle up, friends! We're going on a number adventure!
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Meet Nia
"Buckle up, friends! We're going on a number adventure!" Nia is a curious young explorer who discovers that math grows everywhere in her magical garden — and she can't wait to show your little one the way.
Written by Darnell Clark · A PenGame Publishing story about discovering numbers.
Start the AdventureYour Learning Dashboard
Grow from Seedling to Number Master
Practice in the games below to grow your garden. Results stay in this browser, without a child’s name or account.
Explorer Progress Tracker
Your stage grows after every five correct game answers.
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Badges
⭐Counting Star
🐜Addition Hero
🦊Fraction Fox Friend
🏆Multiplication Champ
🐿️Skip-Count Scout
📐Blueprint Builder
Tap to Flip · Tap 🔊 to Hear
Digital Flash Cards
Flip every card to reveal the answer. Press the speaker and your device reads it aloud — perfect for early readers.
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Meet the Friends
Character Learning Stations
Each friend has their own mini-world. Step inside to master a skill the playful way.
A world of curious friends
Big ideas grow together.
Nia Brown’s Number Garden is a place to explore, ask questions, and try again. Meet the friends and choose a skill to practice.
Freddy the Fraction Fox
Parts, wholes & fair shares
Friendly Freddy guides Nia through fractions. He wears glasses and a vest, and helps learners see how equal pieces make a whole.
Fractions
Addie the Addition Ant
Build, solve & have fun
Addie welcomes Nia into the Number Garden in her yellow hard hat. She loves building equations and helping friends put numbers together.
Addition
Gwenda the Fairy
Nature, kindness & a little sparkle
Gwenda is a kind-hearted fairy who loves nature, music, and helping others. She uses nature magic and glitter dust to care for plants, animals, and friends.
Creative tracing
Carlo the Counting Caterpillar
Count on me!
Carlo’s ten glowing segments invite Nia to count from one to ten. When she counts them in order, he transforms into a glowing butterfly shaped like the number ten.
Counting 1–10
Milly the Multiplication Moth
Beautiful groups
Milly’s glowing wings reveal dots in neat rows. She helps Nia discover multiplication by counting equal groups and arrays.
Multiplication
Skippy the Skip-Counting Squirrel
Leap ahead with numbers
Skippy bounds through the trees in number jumps. Count with him by twos, fives, and tens as he leaps from branch to branch.
Skip Counting
Number Eight Butterfly
The magical guide
The glowing butterfly shaped like an eight leads Nia to the Number Garden gate. Follow this gentle guide into a world of discovery and number magic.
Number recognition
Make-believe, made together
The Story Maker
Choose a friend, a theme, a skill and a difficulty — then create a playful practice story inspired by the garden. These activities are not excerpts from the book.
NiaAddieFreddyMillySkippyGwendaCarloButterfly
Lost NumberGarden PartyTreasure HuntRainy Day
CountingAdditionSubtractionFractionsMultiplication
SproutBloomMighty Oak
📖Your story appears here.
Make your choices and tap Generate!
Make your choices and tap Generate!
Your Digital Garden
Sticker Book
Choose freely from the stickers and decorate your garden. Tap a sticker below, then tap an empty plot.
🌻 Sunflower
🌷 Tulip
🦊 Freddy
🐜 Addie
🐝 Milly
🐿️ Skippy
⭐ Star
🦋 Butterfly
A garden you can turn & explore
Make room for a little wonder.
Drag to turn the 3D garden. Plant a flower and count along, or use the buttons to explore.
The 3D garden is loading. You can also plant and count with the controls below.
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What about the book’s AR pages?
The original cover features an AR code. Use the instructions and code provided with your book. This website includes an interactive 3D garden; it does not recognize or track book pages. A parent or teacher should help with any camera experience.
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The Number Garden Channel
Enjoy the supplied Nia and Bright Minds films. Sound starts only when you press play.
Welcome to the Number Garden
Nia Counts to 10
A garden adventure
Bright Minds film
Small wins. Growing confidence.
A little play. A lot of possibility.
Choose a game, try an answer, and watch your garden grow. There’s no timer and always another try.
Counting
Nia’s Number Hunt
Let’s discover a number together.
For parents & teachers
Turn “I can’t” into “Let me try.”
Start with a story. Practice one idea. Celebrate the effort.
At home · 10 happy minutes
- Watch or read together for two minutes.
- Count five nearby objects with Nia.
- Try a game and ask, “How did you know?”
- Draw a flower to celebrate trying.
In class · A ready-to-use station
Pair learners at a device. One counts or solves; the other explains. Swap roles after three questions. Use counters and the printable pack to bring the learning off screen.
Open printable activitiesYour device’s practice journal
Includes game answers from this browser only. This is practice history, not an assessment of mastery.
A little garden to take with you
Your first adventure is on us.
Print a counting hunt, an addition garden, and a sharing activity. Includes a grown-up guide and answers. No email required.
Open your free activity packREAD → PLAY → GROW
Start with one free activity.
Meet your favorite character.
Explore the book and membership options together.
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