Number toys/activities

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Morning all!
Nearly three year old has had a diagnosis of autism. The doctor told me to 'roll with it and encourage his number interest' as he really likes numbers. I'm posting on here to please get your ideas for number toys/games/activities.
He's already got a few different sets of blocks with numbers and many number books. I'm going to buy him a number chart for his wall too.
Thank you all :)

I've also got a magnadoodle board thing which I regularly write numbers on for him which he likes.

Magnetic numbers to stick on fridge?

My DS really loves the numberblocks. There are numberblocks books, dvds and magazines available, even some blocks.

Hes got magnetic numbers for the fridge which he enjoys playing with.
Number blocks magazine is a good idea. I'm trying to cut down TV as he would watch it all day if I let him!

Something like this?

He's actually already got that number train!! You're right though as he does like it :)

Have you tried looking at websites for learning activities/ toys such as Brightminds or Learning Resources? They have loads of number type toys and activities.

www.brightminds.co.uk

www.learningresources.co.uk

Thank you so much for those websites, I'll have a look at those today, i really appreciate it

If you want to do some outdoor activities, could you get him to look for numbers in your environment (eg house numbers, car number plates etc). I sometimes give DD a checklist of things to see on our walks - it's a piece of paper taped to a board. You could do this for numbers up to 20 (or whatever you son can count to).

I have a five year old with an high functioning autism diagnosis and he loves numbers too.

We play games with snacks where if he eats two raisins he counts how many are left etc. He plays numbots which is a game school have recommended for him on the PC. He also loves dominoes, numicon cubes, and we spent time in the summer using pavement chalk on the patio drawing pirate maps and counting the steps to get to the treasure etc. He also likes orchard toys games - there are loads of them which are number based and all start at age 3 upwards. We picked up a load second hand on eBay and they're great for repetitive play that isn't super boring for adults to do!

And I second the PP above who said about a scavenger hunt for numbers - we go on walks and try and find numbers on different things (drain covers, road signs, house numbers etc) or we go into the woods and try to find 1 stick, 2 leaves, 3 acorns etc.

We do alot of number hunting on our walks out although he doesn't understand the concept of scavenger hunts yet.
I'll have a look for orchard games, he's got a heads and tails game already which he likes and I've got him a colour one for Xmas.
In the summer he enjoyed scribbling on the pavement with chalk, I'll get us outside again with them :) although we will be wrapped up warm this time!!
I'll have a nosey at the numicon, I've not heard of that. Yes dominoes is a good idea thank you!
I knew I could rely on Mumsnet for plenty of ideas

Dominoes! (just the normal number ones)
They used to love playing it with a teacher at DS1s nursery.

Old fashioned wooden abacus?

Dominoes and a number orchard games ordered! I'm still looking for more orchard games and making my way through the websites linked. There's so much choice and I'm not good at decision making, I'm so indecisive!
I've seen a set or resin numbers on eBay but not sure if they'd actually be useful? He knows 0-10 but I'm trying to encourage larger numbers but he hasn't got the hang of them yet.

We constantly write numbers with chalk in garden and hop scotch type patterns.

Abacus, teaching clock, magnetic numbers, fraction toys, tangram puzzles, peg boards, geometry boards, 3d shape blocks, dominoes etc. are the things my maths mad ds loved when he was younger.
Also he loved posters, not just maths ones, but also flags, animals, maps, etc.

Foam hopscotch mats, ours got loads of use for indoor active games where I'd call out a number and they would have to run/jump/roll to get to it. Outdoors lay them out and then find objects to go on each one, 1 flower, 2 sticks, 3 leaves or whatever.

Uno, he's a bit young to develop a strategy but its still quite playable just matching the cards.

Oh and a giant foam dice was a big hit here. Actually pretty much any dice.

I used to 1:1 a little boy who had autism and had a fascination with numbers. He loved Numberblocks and Numberjacks, sets of numbers that were tactile, counting in different languages, hiding small magnetic numbers in tactile things such as sand or rice, number rhymes, abacus, wooden number toys and hopscotch on the playground.

Set of skittles, lots have numbers on.

I was looking at dice today and considering but wasn’t sure what to do with them?!
Yes he likes his foam number mats, I should actually get these out more.
Thank you so much for the further ideas, I’m looking forward to putting them into practice!

We have a puzzle with each number in 2 pieces, a group of things and the number on the other side.

So you do lots of counting to find the right group that matches the number and DD is working on fine motor putting the two pieces together. I started off just playing with 1-10 and will add 11-20 when she's older.

Could you do fishing game fishing for numbers or certain numbers of fish to match the number?

That's the orchard games I've ordered, number on one half and picture on the other. Fishing is a good idea, he likes fish