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EYFS & Early Years

Counting Progression — From 'Reciting' to 'Cardinality'

What counting actually involves — five distinct sub-skills that develop in a roughly predictable order. With assessment ideas for each stage.

Fact File Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten Members only

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Learning objective

Understand the progression of counting skills and identify where individual children are in development.

About this resource

  • Subject: EYFS & Early Years
  • Type: Fact File
  • Grade levels: Pre-Kindergarten (ages 3-4, ≈ Nursery), Kindergarten (ages 4-6, ≈ Reception / Y1)
  • Pages: 9
  • Date added: 2026-09-15
  • Credit: Qualified primary teacher