Tap-only Boom Cards, one skill per deck
Every deck is 20 cards with a picture on every card and two or three big choices. Paid decks are $2 (200 Boom points), bundles are at least 35% off, and there's a free deck in most lanes so you can try one with a student before buying the set. Boom records each student's accuracy, so a deck is practice and a probe at the same time.
Addition and subtraction
The deck I'd start every student on is the free one: count all the pictures, tap the sum. The series then drops the pictures, adds the missing addend, and moves to 20.
- Addition Within 10 with Picturesfree
- Addition Within 10, numbers only $2
- Find the Missing Number (missing addend within 10) $2
- Make 10, Doubles, Addition Within 20 $2 each
- Addition Within 10 Bundle, 6 decks 35% off
- Take Away! Subtraction Within 10 with Pictures$2
- Subtraction Within 10 numbers only, Subtraction Within 20 $2 each
- Subtraction Bundle, 3 decks 35% off
- Math Stories Within 20, Skip Counting, Number Sense $2 each
Counting, ten frames and patterns
One-to-one counting is the first math goal on most of my IEPs. These go from counting to 5 up to subitizing and growing patterns.
- Count to 5, Count to 10, How Many? Count to 20 $2 each
- Show Me the Number, More or Fewer?, Number Order, Number Words $2 each
- Ten Frames: How Many Dots?, Dot Patterns (subitizing) $2 each
- Counting Bundle, 3 decks 35% off
- Patterns: AB, Longer, Missing Piece, Same Pattern?, Color Shape and Size, Growing $2 each
- Patterns Bundle, 6 decks 35% off
- Shapes, Coins, Telling Time, Days and Months $2 each
Letters, sounds and words
Letter ID first, then sounds with one anchor picture per letter that never changes, then words matched to pictures, then decoding.
- Find the Letter! Uppercase free
- Find the Letter! Lowercase, Match the Letter $2 each
- What Sound? Beginning Letter Sounds$2
- Letter Sounds Set 2: Vowels and Blends $2
- Match the Word! Sight Words Set 1$2
- Sight Words Sets 2 and 3, Home and Community Words $2 each
- Read the Word! CVC Words Sets 1 and 2 $2 each
- Reading Bundle: sight words, letter sounds, WH questions 35% off
WH questions and sentences
Two-sentence stories, one question, three picture choices: a person, a thing, a place. The question word itself becomes the cue.
- Who, What, Where? Story Questions Set 1$2
- When, Why, How? Set 2; Who, What, Where? Set 3 $2 each
- Build a Sentence! I see the ___: School, Food, Animals, Community Helpers, Winter, Valentine's $2 each
- Build a Sentence Bundle, 6 decks 35% off
- Opposites, Same or Different?, Match It! $2 each
Life skills, feelings and holidays
Social situations with a clear right answer, feelings, safety, and the same core skills in a holiday coat so November and December practice doesn't stall.
- What Should I Do? Sets 1 to 3, Feelings, Stay Safe, Community Signs, Menu $2 each
- Thanksgiving pack: Count to 10, Words, More or Fewer, Sentences, Manners bundle 35% off
- Winter pack and Valentine's pack, same five skills bundle 35% off
- Christmas Count to 5 free
- Christmas: Count to 10, Words, More or Fewer, Sentences, Holiday Manners $2 each
- Christmas Bundle, 6 decks 35% off
Coming next
Built and in play-testing now: Yes or No? (3 sets), Need or Want?, Which Group? category sorting, What Color Is It?, Which One Doesn't Belong?, Where Is It? (on, under, next to), Healthy Food or Treat?, Living or Not Living?, Which One Rhymes?, What Do I Wear?, What Do You Use?, Big or Small?, Real or Pretend?, Hot or Cold?, Day or Night?, Who Uses It?, Teen Numbers, Missing Letter, and a 15-deck Find It! vocabulary series (body parts, clothing, food, school things, animals, action words, community helpers, home, vehicles, weather, toys, sports, places in town, sea animals and bugs, fruits and veggies). New decks go to the email list first. Join the list.
Questions teachers ask
Do I need a paid Boom account?
No. A free Boom account can play any deck you buy or any free deck. A paid Boom membership adds student logins and reports, which is where the automatic data comes from. The decks work either way.
Is there audio?
Not yet. Decks with a read-aloud prompt say so in the listing. Audio in a teacher's own voice is on the list; the picture choices mean most cards work for non-readers today with an adult reading the prompt.
What grades?
Tagged K to 2. The skills are K-1 standards, so they fit older students working on those goals too. Nothing on the cards says a grade.
Can I project them for the whole class?
Yes, that's how I use them most. Big buttons and big text were designed for a board. One student taps, the rest watch, then the next one.
Where does the art come from?
Twemoji, an open emoji set (CC-BY 4.0), so every picture is the same style and a kid who learned "apple" on one deck sees the same apple on every deck. Credit is in each deck's acknowledgements.
Try a deck free before you buy a set
Sign up and get Addition Within 10 with Pictures plus six printable IEP data sheets. New free decks every other week.