October 1, 2007 | Maths Blog

reception graphic Here we have some free maths worksheets for reception children. These are suitable for young children of about 4 to 5 who are just beginning to learn to count up to five and then up to ten. They are really only to give you an idea of what to do with your children to encourage them to learn to count up to ten. You probably have far more resources at home which you can utilise. Children’s books are ideal: when reading a book with your child don’t forget to ask them how many there are in a picture eg How many cats can you see?

Also don’t forget to have a go at our fun counting games in the Maths Games section.

Reception maths resources: Count the lollies

Reception maths resources: Count the teddies

Reception maths resources: Count the cakes

Reception maths resources: Count the balls

Reception maths resources: Counting the cows

Reception maths resources: Count the sheep

count graphic As a teacher of older children in the primary range I have always been amazed by the weird and wonderful ways that children write the numbers from 0 to 9, even though they will all have been taught how to do this at school, either in reception or year 1.

A simple rule – start at the top of the number. These three maths worksheets help with this. Start at the black dot and follow the direction of the arrow. Trace over the grey numbers with a pencil. Most children can write much more neatly with a good quality pencil than a pen because the pencil provides a much better contact on the paper and is less likely to slip or slide.

The first page goes from 0 to 5, the second from 6 to 9 and then a page showing all 10. Left handers might find the zero harder to do and will be tempted to go clockwise rather than anticlockwise. Try to avoid this as they will also probably write the letter o in the same way and make it difficult to join in a neat style later.

You might want to print these out several times so that plenty of practice can be given. Then see if the numbers can be written on plain paper.

Free Y1 maths worksheets: Writing numbers