Counting in steps
Three pages of stepping-stone tracks — twos, fives and tens — with an arc drawn over every hop. The arc is the point: it shows that each step is the same distance, which a row of numbers with holes in it does not.
How to use it
Every track starts somewhere different on purpose. A child who only ever counts 10, 20, 30 has learned a chant, and the first time a teacher starts them at 5 or at 6 the chant does not help. One track on the last page counts in tens starting from five, which is the moment you find out whether the step or the round number was what your child was holding on to.
Every page in this pack
Counting by 2s
Counting by 5s
Counting by 10s
Printing notes
- Print at 100%, not "fit to page" — scaling shrinks the digits and the whole point is that your child writes them at a steady size.
- Black-and-white and draft mode are fine. Nothing on these sheets depends on colour.
- Slide a sheet into a punched pocket and a dry-wipe pen turns one page into a hundred goes.
The thinking behind it
How to Teach Skip Counting (2s, 5s, and 10s) — Read the full guide