Counting Sequence

As your child begins to understand the counting sequence after some experience in early learning and school it is still important to practice with your child(ren). There are many ways to grow your child’s understanding of the counting sequence.

One way to further develop an understanding of the counting sequence is to play hopscotch with your child(ren). Hopscotch is a game played by jumping from number to number while counting up from one. To increase the difficulty of hopscotch you can go higher than 10. All the numbers should be visible from a central point so the child(ren) can easily run/jump from one to the next in the right order.

Another way to build up knowledge of the counting sequence is to point out numbers in the world. This can be done in a variety of ways but the most beneficial would be to have them count a sequence of objects in the room.

One way to challenge child(ren) learning the counting sequence is to count for them and intentionally skip numbers to see if the child(ren) can catch your error. You can also then challenge child(ren) to start counting from any number you say and skip count by 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s, and so on. Clap for your children and ask them to tell you the number of claps they heard or at least copy your clapping.