Eyfs Numbers and counting worksheets

Cut this sheet so that you, the parent, have the questions and your child has the blank answer sheet. Read the questions and ask your child to write the answers down. When they’ve finished, check their answers and discuss any numbers they got stuck on.

Do you know what ‘more and less’ mean? Colour in red the box with MORE cakes. Colour in blue the box with LESS cakes.

At the school fair the children had to estimate how many sweets were in the jar. Look at their estimates and see who got it right. Now draw some sweets in this jar and ask an adult to make an estimate.

Look! You’ve got a new pair of hands! Cut them out and write all the numbers from 1 to 10 on them, one each on every thumb and finger. Now count in tens, holding these two hands. Each time you count a ten hold up the hands!

Can you count these objects and write how many there are?

Add an extra learning dimension to family game time – try one of our Cool Maths board games and help reinforce your child's knowledge of number bonds, percentages and fractions while you play. Compiled by deputy headteacher Matt Revill and packed with 20 games, this maths learning pack covers all the key skills your child will need to master as part of the primary numeracy curriculum.

Once your child can count to ten they need to practise counting objects and writing numbers. This simple matching activity is suitable for Reception children.

Maths by stealth! Your child will enjoy colouring, cutting out and arranging their bears so much that they will not even realise they are working on their pattern recognition skills.

Your child can get their five (minutes of maths practice) a day with this worksheet. They need to match fruit and vegetables with numbers up to 6.