Two maths worksheets which look at counting on and back in twos. When doing this keep to small numbers until children are really confident moving up and down a number line in twos. Don’t forget you can create your own number lines on a path, driveway etc and jumping up and down in twos can be more exciting than just jumping in ones! Start at different numbers and talk about what is happening eg counting down – with odd numbers you will always end on one, whilst with even numbers you will end on zero. It is also easy to make your own number tracks on paper – with a little imagination move a train along a track or a pirate’s prisoner along the plank! Once again, it can’t be emphasised enough how important it is to play simple board games with your children where they are moving counters along a number track.
Free Y1 maths worksheets: Counting in twos.
Free Maths worksheets: Counting in twos.
Two more maths worksheets to help with counting. Children need an awful lot of practice at counting. To begin with they will probably touch each picture as they count up. Try counting the same set of cakes, but starting from a different cake. Colour the cakes in two different colours and count how many of each colour – this helps with early addition. The more you can do the better – make collections of cuttings from magazines of animals, food, cars etc and create a scrapbook. Count the number of pictures. Nothing wrong with using fingers to count on – most people do it!
Developing and using the correct mathematical language for measurement of length is crucial and the following terms should be used as often as possible so that children can understand their meaning and use the terms themselves with accuracy. This should be done before standard units (cm, miles etc) are introduced. 
Shapes are all around us, so it is easy to find activities which help young children understand shape. Don’t be afraid to introduce the names of 2D and 3D shapes early on. Here are some ideas such as: