Reception Maths · Counting to 10 · Summary
Reception Maths Counting to 10: summary and key words
Part of the Reception Maths counting to 10 chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Count things | Touch each one once, say one number for each. The last number is how many. |
| Zero | Zero means none. We write it as 0. |
| Numerals and words | The numeral 7 is written with digits. Its word is seven. |
| Seeing at a glance | Dice patterns for 1 to 5 can be known without counting every dot. |
| Counting in order | Each number is one more than the one before. Count forwards and backwards on the track. |
Can you…?
- I can count things up to 10 and say how many there are
- I know that zero means none, and I can write 0
- I can read and write the numbers 0 to 10 as numerals and as words
- I can see how many dots there are on a dice up to 5
- I can count forwards and backwards to 10 on a number track
Key terms
- count
- say one number for each thing, in order
- numeral
- a number written with digits, like 7
- number word
- the name of a number, like seven
- zero
- none at all; we write it as 0
- number track
- a line of numbers in order
- one more
- the next number
- one less
- the number just before