Nursery maths · lesson 10 of 24 · free

Number before and after — Nursery and KG maths

Numbers come in a fixed order. Your child finds the number just after, just before or between numbers up to 20 — and helps a frog or a rabbit jump one step forward or back on the number line.

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How to teach it

One more, one less — “just after is one more; just before is one less”

  1. Just after means one more: count on by one.
  2. Just before means one less: count back by one.
  3. Between means the number in the middle: 12, 13, 14.

Use it for: Counting on from any number, reading page numbers, and getting ready for adding and taking away.

Worked example: What number comes just after 13? → 14

  1. Just after means one more. Count on by one.
  2. 13, then 14.

Check: 13 + 1 = 14 ✓

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