How it works
Say the numbers in order, one for each thing.
After each number comes the next one: one, two, three, four.
Listen for a slip, like when a number is missed.
Worked examples
What comes next?
- Say: one, two, three, four, five, six, and then?
- The next number after six.
- It is seven.
Catch a slip
- Pip says: eight, nine, ten, eleven.
- Are they in order?
- Yes: that is right.
Count things
- Touch each toy once and say a number.
- One number for each toy.
- The last number is how many.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- Count along the line. What number comes next?
- Count the fish. How many? ___
- Count the stars. How many are there?
- Pip counts 1, 2, 3, 5. Did Pip skip a number?
- What number goes in the box? ___
Words to know
- count
- To say the numbers in order.
- next
- The one that comes after.