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A quick guide to how children learn to count
Fun ideas for building maths skills
Tips and ideas for enjoying maths with your child
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Websites to visit
Count to 10 at the seaside
Click on "Play" then click on objects in each scene to count. Note: The number "9" in this activity is written differently in Little Wipe-Clean Numbers.
Can you count the ladybird's spots?
Note: The number 1 is written differently in Little Wipe-Clean Numbers.
Count some snacks for cat
Note: The number 4 is written differently in Little Wipe-Clean Numbers.
Fun songs about numbers
Note: The numbers 1 and 3 are written differently in Little Wipe-Clean Numbers.
Online fun with virtual pencils, paints and stamps
Children can use their fingers on phones and tablets to write numbers and draw pictures.
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Little wipe-cleans
Little wipe-clean numbers
Help little ones learn to count and write numbers up to 100 with this friendly activity book. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can practise again and again and there are links to websites with advice and more activities to help children learn to read and write.
Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s. She has written and edited hundreds of children’s titles, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts. Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.
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