Numberblocks
15 episodes
Painting by Numbers
The Numberblocks are painting each other on their canvases, but Three has painted Two with one too many blocks. She realises her mistake and disguises herself as Two to convince the other Numberblocks she has got it right. Soon, she learns that no matter the colour of your blocks, it's the number that really counts.
Leap Blob
The Numberblocks and Numberblobs have to do some clever counting to cross a sticky swamp and reach the perfect place for a picnic.
Ice and Dice
One, Two and Three use a dice-making machine to figure out how to give everyone a fair go. They explore the properties of dice and mathematical fairness.
Go Go Domino
The Numberblocks play dominoes and try to reach the golden double six domino and win a prize. They learn about the different patterns on the faces.
Ten in the Bed
Ten puts the Numberblobs to sleep by singing them a special version of the nursery rhyme Ten in the Bed.
Shape Party
Four and Two dive into Flatland to go to a shape party! They meet a variety of 2D shapes - circles, different-sized triangles, quadrilaterals and many more - and learn all about their properties, before enjoying a performance of an impressive shape dance.
Can We Have Our Ball Back?
The Numberblocks learn to make 3D shapes using 2D ones.
Cuboid Castle
The Numberblocks build a magnificent play fort for the Numberblobs, exploring the use of cubes, cuboids, pyramids and prisms.
On My Way to Numberblock Fair
One is on her way to Numberblock Fair, using positional language and a map.
Octoblock and the Path of Justice
Octonaughty is up to no good in the town centre, so Octoblock sets out to track him down. Using a map, he finds his way - but will he reach it in time?
Five's Handy Shop
Five opens a handy new shop and helps her friends learn the value of money and how to combine lots of pennies into bigger ones.
As Tall as the Sun
Six and her friends are growing sunflowers, but some are taller than others. Using a ladder, they measure whose sunflower is the tallest and learn about measuring length
Feeding Time
The Numberblocks transport block fruit to Blockzilla and learn about weight using a pair of balancing scales.
Rockets and Rekenreks
Ten launches her rocket Rides into space using a rekenrek, a counting frame with ten beads on each row, which helps calculate the value of each ride into pennies.
The Pattern of Patterns
In the Pattern Palace, Six sings a song telling us about the different types of pattern all around us. Can you spot them all?