Counting Pictures

Groups of pictures with a box to write how many. Rows keep each group on its own line, which is the easiest to count along; scattered groups put them in a box in no particular order, which is harder because the child has to keep track of what they have already counted. The other mode turns it round: the number is printed and the child circles that many pictures out of a bigger pile, which is what actually tests whether a number means a quantity. Pictures never overlap in either layout, so nothing is ambiguous.

Age

ages 3–7

Answer key

Included, free

Skills

countingconcentrationvisual discrimination

What you can change

• What the child does

  Count and write, Circle that many, Colour that many

• Layout

  A row each, Scattered groups, Ten-frames

• How many groups

  2–8 groups

• Smallest count

  0–15

• Biggest count

  2–20

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.