Numbers after 20 - what to teach 3 year old next

[Angliski]

Hello,

looking for advice on toys and development tools/ vids . Got a ds just turned 3, loves numbers . Happily counts to 20 and likes trying to tell the time. Can you recommend some books or toys to work beyond 20? Most of what I have found just has the first 20 numbers and I’m not sure what the next level of learning is. How to go about it? Thoughts welcome. He doesn’t like number blocks on c beebies …

I don't think you need to go over 20 at that age. Let him be little plenty love numbers at that age. Make it fun for him. Set out 10 circles on the floor for him to walk and count on. Yes he can count to 10 but can he count to six and walk each circle accurately to the counting? Or would he walk to three and count to ten? It takes a very long time for numbers to fully settle in so think adding more would just overwhelm him. It's all taught in school anyway.

I'd agree that the first thing to check is that he can count with proper one-to-one correspondence, both physical object and things like number of times he's jumping. Can he count down as well as up? Count a handful of things scattered on the floor, not arranged in a neat line? Say what comes after 3? Before 15? I would focus on all of those before I focused too much on what comes after 20. If he likes playing with numbers, you can play with more and less (old fashioned balance scales are great fun if you can find or make some), measuring which container holds more water, and things like that.

That said, there's also a lot to be said for following the interests of the child, so if he's very keen to tell time (as my three year old also happens to be), I wouldn't discourage that.

Thank you for these lovely ideas. I just needed some inspo for other number games. I think he will love moving bits and bobs and counting them out/weighing them.

Go for counting backwards, adding one more/one less and eventually basic multiplication (wording it as 'how many is in 2 groups of 2. That means 2 times 2 makes 4) Mine is in reception and has a really solid understanding of additiom, subtraction and multiplication and can recognise/count to numbers beyond 20 when in the mood but isn't really that bothered right now. I think the other things will stand her in much better stead though. Once she develops more of a concept of bigger numbers I'm hoping the rest will follow naturally. Remember that that kindof rote learning is what she'll spend most of her first few years at school learning so unless he's asking to there's really no need for it right now x

We have an orchard toys game called climbing mountain which has been a big hit for basic addition up to 10. Numberblocks is also a big hit x