1. Helping your child with numbers!
Number rhymes
Counting
Playing games
Numbers as quantities
Numbers as labels
Everyday numbers

2. Number rhymes Sing number rhymes together:
‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive...’
5 currant buns
10 green bottles
Sing number rhymes together:

3. Counting Count different objects in different ways:
- plates on the table
- sandwiches for a picnic
- pieces of a jigsaw
- coins in your purse
- the number of times you can bounce a ball

4. Playing games games with dice and counters eg: snakes and ladders
Play games together:
games with dice and counters eg: snakes and ladders
dominoes
playing cards
magnetic/foam numbers

5. count them with your child:
Numbers as quantities
Point them out and
count them with your child:
6/12 on a box of eggs
10 apples in the bag
print 5 copies on the computer

6. Numbers as labels the number on the bus house numbers
Notice them all around:
the number on the bus
house numbers
television channels

7. Everyday numbers Notice numbers all around:
on money, timetables, clocks, receipts, tickets, computers, cards, telephones
Look for numbers in the environment:
on signs, shops, traffic signs, car number plates

8. And finally!
Try and take every opportunity to practise counting with your child.
Use every day activities to reinforce mathematical skills like weighing or measuring.
Make maths fun!