Count the farm animals in the circle and draw a line to the correct number. This involves both counting and recognising numbers. At this early stage all numbers are kept to 5 or below. There are usually too many cows to count in a field, but if you have a toy farm at home it can be great fun counting and moving the animals around.

Count the cheeky monkeys and gorillas in the circle and draw a line to the correct number. This involves both counting and recognising numbers. At this early stage all numbers are kept to 5 or below.

Do your socks go missing in the wash? There are plenty of opportunities to match sets of objects around the house, but it is also useful to sit down and have a go on paper. Here is a great set of four pages which ask children to count two sets of shoes and socks and then draw more to make them equal.

Counting and matching small numbers of honey jars and spoons.