In Germany children are often taught to record numbers by tallying or using ‘dice spots’ before they learn to write numbers. I have used this method with my Reception class and found it gave greater confidence in recording numbers. I made these sheets for the number table when we were doing the story Owl Babies. They ask the children to count and match or record or to draw a given number of owls.

A reward system we have found very successful with our Reception class for several years now.

In Germany children are often taught to record numbers by tallying or using 'dice spots' before they learn to write numbers. I have used this method with my Reception class and found it gave greater confidence in recording numbers. I made these sheets for the number table when we learned the song "6 brown teddies sitting on the wall" (sung to the tune of 10 green bottles)