Check a kindergartener's math worksheets and make harder practice problems with ChatGPT

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Feb 20, 2025 by Remi Kalir (LinkedIn)

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Last checked

Oct 17, 2026

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Outcome

On a snow day, a parent uploaded his five-year-old's two completed math worksheets to ChatGPT, asking it to act as his kindergarten teacher, check the answers, give feedback and create more challenging problems if needed. ChatGPT marked all the answers correct and suggested moving on to addition within 20, missing-number problems and two-step word problems.

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ChatGPT

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Good morning, ChatGPT. My son is five-years old and in Kindergarten. He has a snow day today, no school! His teacher sent home some math worksheets for him to complete as a part of his "remote learning" day. He quickly completed two worksheets. I'm uploading the two completed worksheets for you to review. Imagine you are his Kindergarten teacher. You will see his responses written in pencil. First, review his responses for accuracy and provide him with any feedback. Second, suggest some additional practice problems that would extend his learning of mathematics. Perhaps he needs more challenging math problems? If so, please create a new set of problems for him to complete. Thanks!

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Check my child's completed worksheet and create a few next-step practice problems.

Fill in before running:
- Child's age and grade: [DETAILS]
- Photos of the completed worksheets: [ATTACH]
- Topic: [e.g. addition within 10]

Rules:
- Check each answer and say what the child did well, in kid-friendly words.
- If something's wrong, explain the idea simply rather than giving the answer.
- Suggest a small next step in difficulty and create 5-6 practice problems.
- Keep it short and fun.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Double-check the answer key for any new problems before giving them to my child.

Output: Feedback per problem and a short new practice set.

You'll know it worked when: my child gets accurate feedback and a practice set at the right level.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Check my child's completed worksheet and create a few next-step practice problems.

Fill in before running:
- Child's age and grade: [DETAILS]
- Photos of the completed worksheets: [ATTACH]
- Topic: [e.g. addition within 10]

Rules:
- Check each answer and say what the child did well, in kid-friendly words.
- If something's wrong, explain the idea simply rather than giving the answer.
- Suggest a small next step in difficulty and create 5-6 practice problems.
- Keep it short and fun.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Double-check the answer key for any new problems before giving them to my child.

Output: Feedback per problem and a short new practice set.

You'll know it worked when: my child gets accurate feedback and a practice set at the right level.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremiah-kalir-phd_second-remote-learning-day-for-my-five-year-activity-7298330729359323140--aAh