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Number Words to Twenty

Read and write number words from one to twenty

Suggested ages 5–6

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Learning journey

Your child is building number foundations — learning to read and write numbers up to 100, understanding number words, and beginning to see how numbers are built from tens and ones.

Evidence of understanding

  • Read the word 'twelve' and identify it as 12
  • Write the word form of a given number 1–20
  • Match numeral cards to number word cards

Assessment prompt

Can Number Words to Twenty write number words like 'fourteen' or 'twenty' — and read them on a birthday card or in a story book without needing help?

Standards alignment

Maths/Y1/NPV/5GB · uk-nc-2013

Read and write numbers to 20

The national curriculum in England: Key stages 1 and 2 framework document · Key Stage 1