Counting Mats

Counting mats are designed to help young children with counting, number structure and simple number patterns. They work best if printed in colour and then laminated. They should then be made available to children when working independently. There are four different mats shown here. Click on the one that you want.

Number Mat

The mat shown top left is aimed at Year 1 and Year 2 and is designed to help children understand multiples of two five and ten. Identifying multiples within the hundred square allows children to appreciate its structure.

Ladybird Counting Mats

The two mats below are designed to help with counting to 10. The first one has only ladybirds with spots, the second includes numbers and words.

Picture Counting Mat

The mat below offers colourful approch to counting. Identical animals are grouped together, and both the number and the number name are included within each group.