Counting Games

These online counting games will help young children (age 2 to 6) get to grips with numbers. For the beginner, start with the counting games which can be limited to a maximum of 5 objects, such as the Ladybird Counting game, Gingerbread Men and Counting with Lecky.

Counting games - Counting with Lecky Counting with Lecky

Help Lecky the Alien to catch balloons, fish, leaves, butterflies and balls. Choose whether to count up to 5 or 10. Very child friendly! (Crickweb)

Counting games - Washing line numbers Washing line numbers

Hang the shirts on the washing line in the correct order. Choose from 1 to 5, even numbers to 10, odd numbers to 10 or a selection up to 20. (Crickweb)

Counting games - Shoot the duck Shoot the Duck

This game uses a number line made of ducks, but the numbers are missing, so you have to count along and work out which duck to aim at. (ICTGames)

Counting games - Bill and Bernie's Number Line Bill and Bernie's Number Line

Click the brick which matches the number on Bill's shirt. (BBC Schools)

Counting games - Tamba's Abacus Tamba's Abacus

Sing and count along with Tamba (CBeebies)

Counting games - Gingerbread Men Gingerbread Men

A super collection of activities for counting up to 5 or 10. (WMNet - Coventry City Council)

* Problems running this game? See below.

Counting games - Ladybird Counting Ladybird Counting

Counting and ordering numbers up to five with ladybirds, snails and leaves (WMNet - Coventry City Council).

* Problems running this game? See below.

Recommended Counting Games

* These games are .swf (Flash) files which should run in your browser if you have Flash installed. However, IE7 (and sometimes IE6) may just come up with a blank screen instead of running the game. If this happens, you will need to change your browser settings as follows: Click Tools, Internet Options, then the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the security settings and UNCHECK "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer" (click to remove the tick), then click OK. You will need to close and reopen your browser, and from then on the games should work. Why increasing the security settings allows more files to run, I have no idea, but I am relieved to have found an answer to this problem. See the Microsoft support article for further information.

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