Hi Ferrygirl:
Cumbria grid for learning has a very simple explanation of targets by year here: numeracy.cumbriagridforlearning.org.uk/index.php?category_id=185.
Make sure counting skills to 20 are solid. She can count up and count back 1 - 20 and 20 - 1.
There are some nice ordering games to play which really strengthen this skill: www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/ordering - caterpillar ordering and ordering (the t-shirt game) are really useful.
Counting by 2s & learning about even and odd numbers:
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Walk down one side of the street to school, the park, bus stop, etc...
Have DC read out the house numbers: 100, 102, 104, etc... Don't explain to her what is going on - let her explain to you how the numbering is working. Questions like: Do you notice anything interesting about how you're counting up? Now the numbers may be bigger than she's used to working with - but discuss the pattern of the last digit (the units) only and see what she comes up with.
Walk down the other side of the road the next time
99, 101, 103, 105, etc...
Get confident with that and then work on doing it backwards.
(In essence you've taught adding 2 and subtracting 2).
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There are some great games - skip count is good fun:
www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm - you can start off with counting by 2s, but you can do all sorts of other numbers 5, 10, 3, 4, etc... Very good for reinforcing number patterns.
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Work with food. Raisins, berries, sweets, etc... have her set out sweets on a dish in groups of two and then count them up.
Once she's happy with counting to twenty by 2 return to counting by 1s to 100. You can then introduce counting by 5s and 10s. A number square may help: www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/numbersquare.swf - this is intreractive and you can shade the numbers by clicking them so that the patterns become obvious. Take some time to discuss those patterns - even numbers always end 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8. Counting by 5s - numbers only end in 5 or 0.
In effect these counting games are teaching the times tables - but well before they realise it. It will make it all much easier later.
One thing that is really worthwhile working on, once counting on by intervals is going well, is to then return to number bonds:
How many ways to make 2 - 10.
so for 2: 0 + 2, 1 + 1 and 2 + 0
for 6 for example: 0 + 6, 1 + 5, 2 + 4, 3 + 3, 4 + 2, 5 + 1 and 6 + 0
for 10: 0 + 10, 1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6, 5 + 5, 6+4, 7 + 3, 8 + 2, 9 + 1 and 10 + 0.
Knowing these 'number bonds' will really help when dealing with subtraction and with more ambitious addition/ subtraction (2 digit number + or - 2 digit number or even larger numbers).
From this point Woodlands Junior school's Maths Zone has fantastic support materials in addition and subtraction: resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/
Coxhoe primary also has good links to internet games to support elements of maths curriculum: www.schooljotter.com/showpage.php?id=35518
Their page of counting sequences may be particularly useful www.schooljotter.com/showpage.php?id=55506
HTH