Reciting the numbers in reverse order to count backwards or down from a given number to 20.

The number before refers to the previous number in the count.

Counting back from 20

Maths

In this unit pupils will consolidate counting to 20 and back They will secure their understanding of the teens numbers in a cardinal and an ordinal context In the future unit pupils will extend their counting to counting the decade numbers and making representations using a variety of different manipulatives

In prior learning, pupils will have learnt to count confidently and have developed a deep understanding of the numbers to 10, the relationships between them and the patterns within those numbers. In this unit pupils will consolidate counting to 20 and back and will secure their understanding of the teens numbers in a cardinal and an ordinal context.

Counting to and from 20

Counting back from 19, what is the next number?

Counting back from 14, what is the next number?

If I count backwards from 9, what numbers would I say? 

Continue the countdown. What would come next?

What is the number of counters shown here?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Counting back from 20

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.