26 skills

Every skill we track, and how to check it yourself

Daily Academy estimates mastery skill by skill rather than scoring four subjects, because a subject average hides exactly the gap you need to find. The 26 skills below each carry one question you can ask your child tonight — no account, no app.

🏔️ Math Mountain

10 skills · climb higher with numbers

Number Sense“What does the 4 in 438 actually mean?”Addition“What’s 8 + 6?” — listen for a retrieved answer, not a count.Subtraction“What’s 42 − 17?” Then: “what did you borrow, and what was it worth?”Multiplication“Draw me six sevens.” An array or six groups, not a recited chant.Division“Share 12 among 3” and “how many 3s fit into 12?” Both should be easy.Fractions“Which is bigger, 3/8 or 5/8 — and how do you know?”Mental Math“What’s 39 + 24 — without writing it down?” Ask what they did.Word ProblemsRead a problem aloud, then: “what is it asking you to find?” — before any calculating.Measurement“Would you measure this room in centimetres or metres? Why?”Time & Money“It’s 2:40. What time is it in 35 minutes?”

🌲 Reading Forest

6 skills · stories hiding in the trees

Literal ComprehensionAfter any story: “what happened first, then what?”VocabularyPoint at an unfamiliar word: “what do you think that means, from the sentence?”PredictionStop mid-story: “what happens next, and what makes you think so?”Inference“Why did they do that?” — choosing something the text never states.Finding EvidenceAfter any answer, right or wrong: “which part shows you that?”Main Idea“What was that whole page about, in one sentence?”

🧠 Brain Lab

5 skills · puzzles that make you think

PatternsShow a pattern: “what’s the rule?” — not “what comes next?”ClassificationSort four things by an unstated rule and ask which one does not belong — and why.Spatial Reasoning“If you turn this shape a quarter turn, what does it look like?”DeductionGive two clues about three things and ask what must be true.StrategyIn any game: “what are you going to do after that?”

🚀 Discovery Space

5 skills · wonders of the real world

Living Things“What does this animal need to survive here?”Earth & Space“Why is it dark at night?” Listen for the mechanism, not the vocabulary.How Things Work“Why does a ramp make it easier?”Technology“What is inside that, and what does it actually do?”Our World“Why do people live there?” about anywhere on a map.

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