Maqqii

Attention on the maths

My sons and I really enjoy maths, and I notice in them how much easier it is to show what they can do when their concentration isn't broken. In many practice programmes, all kinds of things happen on the screen during and between the problems, and it is the maths itself that fades into the background.

Attention for maths shouldn't have to be 'bought'; just present them well.

Feedback for the child

I believe a child should be able to see their own progress. Not just the parent or the teacher, but the child themselves: a new fastest time, a line that keeps rising, a week in which they did more than the week before.

That kind of feedback invites you to keep going at any age, at your own pace or by taking the next step.

A game that counts

A reward should show what has been learned. A collection of earned pictures or badges is appealing, but says little about how maths skills are growing. And a game that doesn't grow with the child loses its purpose over time.

So what a child earns through maths may well be something lovely, as long as it gives insight into what has already been achieved and what the next step could be.

How Maqqii began

With those convictions in mind, I started in the spring half-term of 2026 on what has now become Maqqii: a maths system for children from about 5 years old, with which they do lots of sums in a short time and see for themselves how they are progressing.

Not finished yet

Maqqii isn't finished yet. I keep expanding it with needed, fun and unique kinds of maths exercises, each with its own learning goal, that the child can work on at the right moment. From simple counting to, perhaps in time, geometry, algebra and other abstract logical thinking such as sudokus. I also keep working on new ways for children to build out their village, experience it and make it their own.