Year 1 · Maths
Count forwards within 20
Counting forwards in ones from any number up to 20, not just from 1, and on past 10 into the teens.
New sheets start on target. You can also print an easier one or a harder one.
What your child will see
The whole sheet as it prints. Every new sheet has different numbers.
Count forwards along the train. Write the missing numbers.
Two minutes at home
- Ask
- Start at 13 and count on. Which number comes next? And next?
- Play
- Take turns saying the next number, starting anywhere: you say 8, they say 9, you say 10…
Common mistakes and how to help
The digits are the wrong way round, as in 41 for 14. "Fourteen" says the 4 first, but we write the 1 first.
Try this: Say "fourteen is ten and four" and write the 1 for the ten first, then the 4.
Stuck at a new ten, as in 110 or 2 for twenty after 19: the next ten may not be secure yet.
Try this: Count up the stairs past 9 and past 19 together, slowly: "…18, 19, 20!"
Two out: they may have counted backwards instead of forwards.
Try this: Before starting, point along the train and ask "do the numbers get bigger or smaller?"
One out: a number was skipped or said twice.
Try this: Count along the train together, pointing at each carriage as you say its number.
The answer is a long way off: the order of the numbers to 20 may not be secure yet.
Try this: Say the numbers together while pointing along a number track, then cover one and ask which is hiding.
Curriculum links
Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number.
National curriculum in England: mathematics programmes of study · Year 1 Mathematics: Number and place value
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