Foundation Stage : Numeracy : Term One Planning : Counting : Lesson Two – Counting Books


This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise counting and ordering sets of classroom books working with different numbers to ten. The children can count pairs of piles of books to ten and record the matching numeral sums.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise counting and ordering sets of classroom books working with different numbers to ten

Learning Objectives

Count reliably with numbers from one to ten. Place the numbers from one to ten into the correct order.

Learning Outcomes

I can count sets of objects to ten and write the matching numerals. I can sort numbers of objects to ten into order.

Counting Books

Teaching sequence to help the children practise counting and ordering sets of classroom books working with different numbers to ten

Book Numbers

Template to help the children count and record numbers of classroom books working with different numbers to ten

Biggest Number

Activity cards to help the children select and compare different pairs of numbers to ten by counting matching numbers of cubes

Counting Books

Interactive activity to help the children practise counting and ordering sets of classroom books working with different numbers to ten

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to practise counting and ordering sets of classroom books working with different numbers to ten

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