Maths Curriculum Progression
Mathematical Vocabulary
Three and FourYear Olds
Communication and Language
• Usea widerrange ofvocabulary.
• Understand‘why’questions,like:“whydoyouthinkthe caterpillar is sofat?”
Reception Communication and Language
• Learn newvocabulary.
• Usenew vocabularythroughoutthe day.
ELG Communication and Language Speaking
• Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offeringtheirownideas,usingrecently introducedvocabulary.
Number and Place Value
Counting
Three and FourYear Olds Mathematics
• Recite numbers past5.
• Sayone number name for eachiteminorder: 1,2, 3,4,5.
• Know that the last number reached when counting a small set ofobjectstellsyouhowmanythere areintotal(‘cardinal principle’).
Reception Mathematics
ELG Mathematics Numerical Patterns
Identifying, Representing and Estimating Numbers
Three and Four Year Olds Mathematics
• Countobjects,actions and sounds.
• Count beyondten.
• Verballycountbeyond20,recognisingthepatternofthe counting system.
• Develop fastrecognitionofupto3objects,withouthavingto count them individually(‘subitising’).
• Show‘finger numbers’ up to 5.
• Linknumeralsandamounts:forexample,showingtheright number ofobjectsto matchthe numeral, up to5.
• Experimentwiththeir ownsymbolsand marksas wellas numerals.
Reception Mathematics
ELG Mathematics Number
Reading and Writing Numbers
Three and Four Year Olds Mathematics
Reception Mathematics
Compare and Order Numbers
Three and Four Year Olds Mathematics
Reception Mathematics
ELG Mathematics Numerical Patterns
Understanding Place Value
Reception Mathematics
ELG Mathematics Number
Subitise.
thenumber symbol(numeral) withitscardinal number value.
Subitise(recognisingquantities withoutcounting) upto5.
numeralsandamounts:forexample,showingtheright number ofobjectsto matchthe numeral, up to5.
Experimentwiththeir ownsymbolsand marksas well as numerals.
thenumber symbol(numeral) withitscardinal number value.
Comparequantitiesusinglanguage: ‘morethan’,‘fewer than’.
Comparenumbers.
Comparequantitiesup to10indifferentcontexts,recognising whenonequantityis greaterthan,lessthan orthesameas the other quantity.
Understandthe‘onemorethan/onelessthan’relationship between consecutivenumbers.
Explorethe compositionofnumbers to10.
Haveadeep understandingofnumbersto10,includingthe composition of eachnumber.
Solve Problems
Three and Four Year-Olds Mathematics
Solverealworld mathematicalproblemswithnumbersupto5.
Addition and Subtraction
Mental Calculations
Reception Mathematics
ELG Mathematics
Solve Problems
Measurement
Describe, Measure, Compare and Solve (All Strands)
Three and Four Year-Olds Mathematics
Reception Mathematics
comparisonsbetweenobjectsrelatingtosize,length, weight andcapacity.
Comparelength, weight and capacity.
