Assess how children are beginning to understand the order of numbers with ideas from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner
Knowing the right order in which to say number names is as important as knowing the number names themselves. It is almost impossible to count anything successfully unless you know the names in order. You will notice that young children take a while to understand this idea and that many think that just saying number names in any order is enough.
Some children can recite numbers up to 40 or even 100 - this is within the capability of many five-year-olds and some four-year-olds. Doing so helps them recognise the tens structure of the number system by spotting the patterns in the number names, and it develops familiarity with them, as well as confidence and positive attitudes.
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