Sue's Education Tips

Counting forwards and backwards

Year 1 - ages 5-6

Count some items of your choice.

Count them forward 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  9 10

Then count backwards 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 

After a while, count forward in twos, 

2 4 6 8 10, then backwards in twos 10 8 6 4 2 

After a while, add some more numbers.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Count forward in ones, twos, fives and tens.

Then back in ones, two, fives and tens.

Continue to add on numbers.