Welcome to the Early Years pages.
Feel free to browse through the Numeracy resources listed below,
or use the links in the bar above to look through the other Early Years pages.

• Circle Numbers - A simple idea which encourages children to identify numbers in print.
• Long or Short - An assessment activity (in PDF), which asks children to compare the lengths of different objects. Contributed by Jane Dovey.
• Five Little Ducks - A song (with English / Turkish words) to help children with counting and finding one more / less than numbers. Contributed by Serife Silim.
• Addition - A PDF worksheet, based on addition. Contributed by Jane Dovey.
• Adding and Subracting (10) - A great PDF to test children on adding and subtracting numbers up to 10. Contributed by Kathy Wilson.
• Adding and Subtracting (20) - A great PDF to test children on adding and subtracting numbers up to 20. Contributed by Kathy Wilson.
• Counting to 20 - A worksheet (PDF) to help children count to 20. Contributed to Kathy Wilson.
• Ten Green Bottles - A fantastic Powerpoint presentation, which can be used for early years children to assist with reading and counting backwards. Contributed by Gordon Stevens.
• Recognising and Writing Numbers - A huge set of worksheets (PDF) dealing with recognising and writing numbers, and much more! Contributed by Kathy Wilson.
• Pick a Ticket - Develop your children's number recognition and listening skills with this tip.
• Ladybird Doubling - An easy way of encouraging younger children to think about doubling.
• Treasure Map - Use a treasure map to help children to learn about direction.
• Introducing Shapes - A great way of introducing simple shapes to young children.
• Shapes - A PDF worksheet, which asks children to make patterns using a variety of 2D shapes. Contributed by Jane Dovey.
• My Book of Shapes - A set of four activities for Early Years children, linked to four different shapes. Contributed by Shahida Yunus.
• Symmetrical Pictures - Use this worksheet to encourage children to think about symmetry. Contributed by Lynn Medland.

These contributions are moderated, so they may not appear to other visitors immediately. All ideas submitted here may be added to their own dedicated page on the site at a later date. Please leave your name so that I can credit your contribution, if you would like me to.

You can also submit ideas and resources via email, or using this form.

Links to other sites:

• Numberjacks - Fun activities, videos and resources to help younger children to learn about numbers.
• First School Years - A growing site with ideas for those teaching children in the first years of schooling.

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