USING CARS TO TEACH CORRECT NUMBER FORMATION

Hands-on resources for car loving preschoolers wanting to learn how to recognize and write numbers to 10.

It's seems to be universal ➡ cars + preschoolers = engaged play. 

Utilizing a child's love of play for learning and identifying their interests is the work of every Early Years teacher.

Using the children's love of all things transport themed, I've created some printable resources to help our preschool class learn about numbers - how to recognise them and how to write to 10 correctly.

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I haven't met too many preschoolers who don't love cars so we've been busy creating invitations that use cars to help engage the children in some purposeful play.

One invitation used these road themed number posters together with cars to make amounts. 

This a simple introduction to quantity and the idea that the symbols or numerals relate to amounts. The children can count the cars pictured or match the amount with objects. 

Last year I made these car park mats for both letter and numbers. Another simple invitation that didn't take much to time to prep or set up but it helps expose young children to the different representations of number.

They have been a fun way for the children to learn to match numerals to the number word.

We've also been looking at writing numbers correctly during their preschool year to help prepare them for starting school next year.

These road themed number posters with traffic signs - go to start, stop sign to finish, have be a hit in class and a gentle introduction to correct number formation.

The children can trace the number with their finger from start to stop or grab a car and go!

We've used them for hands-on invitations complete with cars for 'writing' practice and as posters for visual aids around our classroom too.

As is typical in preschool classroom, there's always a range of abilities and developmental stages present.

Some will be uninterested in such play at this age while others are wanting to learn more.

For those keen to practice their handwriting, I created these car number mats. Again it expose children to the different representations of number - numeral, number word and asks them to match the quantity to the number shown from a ten frame disguised as cars on the road.

They invite the children to trace and then write each numeral and number word as well as counting the correct number of cars.

Perfect for building fine motor strength and control. Writing with markers doesn't provide the same feedback as putting pencil to paper so I've also turned these into number books for some classes.

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