Numeracy Teaching Resources

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in numeracy for the Foundation Stage covering number, geometry, measurements and statistics

  • Seaside Subtraction

    Seaside Subtraction

    Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside

  • Shape Numbers

    Shape Numbers

    Identify and count the numbers of different geometric shapes that can be seen in special places, themes and illustrations

  • Cubes and Cuboids

    Cubes and Cuboids

    Identify and record different types of 3D shapes that can be seen in a range objects by sorting and modelling examples of each shape

  • Easter Shapes

    Easter Shapes

    Identify and describe the properties of different 2D shapes when creating food snacks and decorations to celebrate Easter

  • Easter Egg Sums

    Easter Egg Sums

    Identify and record matching numbers of Easter eggs that make sums to five, ten and twenty when using different number skills

  • School Counting

    School Counting

    Explain and model how to count, order and compare the numbers of special tools and equipment that can be used when working in school lessons

  • Counting Loops

    Counting Loops

    Identify and model how to count in different steps to twenty working with concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams to complete each set of numbers

  • Counting Games

    Counting Games

    Play a number games to practise counting different numbers of objects and shapes to ten when identifying the matching numeral digits

  • City Counting

    City Counting

    Practise counting and recording matching sets of objects to ten, twenty and thirty to illustrate and record some of the special things that can be seen around a city

  • Division Sharing

    Division Sharing

    Identify and model how to share different numbers of objects to ten into matching groups of two using concrete equipment and pictorial diagrams

  • Addition Games

    Addition Games

    Identify and model some of the skills and techniques that can be used when adding pairs of numbers by playing different games

  • Animal Sizes

    Animal Sizes

    Practise using the correct vocabulary words to identify and describe the sizes of different animals that live in the world

  • Seaside Subtraction

    Seaside Subtraction

    Calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside

  • Animal Alphabet

    Animal Alphabet

    Practise finding information in non-fiction books about some of the different animals that live around the world

  • Spring Farming

    Spring Farming

    Identify and describe some of the changes to farm animals that occur during the spring and jobs performed by the farmer during this season of the year

  • Shape Numbers

    Shape Numbers

    Identify and count the numbers of different geometric shapes that can be seen in special places, themes and illustrations