Numbers to 10 games
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Reception
For parents and teachers
These maths games bring together related learning across Reception to Year 0. Start with a familiar skill, then try the next challenge when your child is ready. A school may teach these ideas in a different order; use the curriculum statements below to choose a suitable game.
The quoted headings and statements come from the National Curriculum in England. Reception statements are early learning goals quoted from the EYFS statutory framework. Every game has its own explanation and free printable. Talk through a question together before playing independently, and use the printable to return to a tricky idea away from the screen.
Notes on each game and its curriculum statement
Early Years Foundation Stage (Reception)
Reception: How many can you see?
Number: “Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5”
Subitising means seeing how many things there are without counting them one by one. Children recognise small amounts, up to 5, at a glance.
Each card shows 1 to 5 apples, stars, ladybirds or dots. Children look, say the amount and drop the card into the matching number box.
Play How many can you see? · Free printable
Reception: Count to 10
Number: “Have a deep understanding of numbers to 10, including the composition of each number”
Counting to 10 means saying one number for each thing and knowing that the last number said tells you how many there are.
Each card shows a row of 1 to 10 animals. Children count the row and match it to its number card.
Play Count to 10 · Free printable
Reception: Make 5 and make 10
Number: “Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including double facts”
Number bonds are pairs of numbers that make a total, such as 4 and 1 make 5. Children learn bonds to 5 and some bonds to 10 until they know them without counting.
Each card asks for a missing part, such as "3 and ? make 5". Children match it with the number that completes it.