Resources tagged with: Early years number words
There are 11 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Early years number words, you may find related items under Early years foundation stage.
Broad Topics > Early years foundation stage > Early years number words
Counting Collections in the Early Years
In this article for practitioners, Cath Gripton and Deliah Pawluch explore the 'counting collections' approach, which encourages children to spend time playing and experimenting with counting.
Show Me
In this task, children will learn different ways of representing the same number.
The Box Game
In this game, children will use their addition and subtraction skills to keep track of the number of toys hidden inside a box when toys are added in or taken out.
Owl's Packing List
In this activity, children can practise reading numbers and counting items in order to help Owl pack for his holiday.
Water, Water ...
This task provides a real-life context for children to compare capacities in order to choose the biggest container for their lemonade.
Number Book
Creating a 'Book of Four' provides an opportunity for children to collect groups of four objects and consider how the groups of objects are similar.
Cooking with Children
By following some simple recipes in this task, children can practise the skills of measuring and counting ingredients.
Mud Kitchen
When playing in this mud kitchen, children will be using the language of size and capacity to choose utensils for different tasks.
Incey Wincey
In this game, children roll the dice and count how many steps to move the spider up or down the drainpipe.
Number Rhymes
In this activity, the rhyme 'Ten Green Bottles' is used to encourage children to count backwards to work out how many bottles are left.
Tidying
When tidying away toys in this activity, children will use their counting skills to check that all the toys are in the box.