Counting - numbers and beads

T and I tried a counting activity this afternoon - he can count to ten out loud but isn't so good at recognising what the numbers look like (or at least pretends he isn't). We got out the Ikea numbers I painted a while ago and the threading beads and lined them up in order and with the right number of beads. Despite missing a few beads we had just the right number. (It slightly bothered me that the colours of the beads and the numbers didn't match up but you can't have everything!) After doing the beads, T got out the Paw Patrol pups and added them to the line-up - every activity benefits from a bit of Paw Patrol action!