Count larger
quantities of
numbers by
counting in
twos, fives and
tens.
Practise recognising numerals, saying the
numeral names and begin to write them.
Can your child count a number of objects
accurately? Do they understand that if the
objects are re-arranged the total remains the
same? Can they match the correct numeral to
a group of objects? Can they order numbers?
Can they say what is ‘one more’ or one less’?
Look out for and spot
numerals which are all
around us:
Birthday cards
In shops
In books
Door numbers
Road signs
Number plates
Buttons
Pebbles
Sticks
Paper clips
Jigsaw puzzles
Coins
Cutlery laying the table
Toys
Make mistakes when
counting, can your child spot
them and correct them?
Say, practise and learn
number rhymes
e.g. ten green bottles,
five little speckled frogs,
five fat sausages, one,
two buckle my shoe
Get active!
e.g. clap 5 times, skip 10
times, jump seven times
Play games that involve
counting e.g. snakes and
ladders, ludo, junior
monopoly, other board
games, hopscotch, skipping,
playing cards
Put numbers on skittles. Can your child knock over the
skittles in order? Can your child knock over a given
number? Can they knock over ‘one more’ or ‘one less’
than a given number? Can they knock over numbers that
total five? Can they knock over the highest number?
The lowest number? etc.