Make counting fun and meaningful with our Count & Colour: On the Move Counting to 10 Worksheet! This visually engaging worksheet is designed to strengthen early counting, number recognition and visual discrimination skills while keeping young learners entertained, and features a themed transportation scene filled with small illustrations that students must locate, colour and count.

This resource provides a fantastic way for Early Years and Foundation students to practise one-to-one correspondence and early number writing. By searching through the busy scenes and matching items to the image key, students build focus and counting accuracy. The format encourages repeated practise and works well for whole-class use, small groups or take-home consolidation tasks.

Count & Colour: On the Move Counting to 10 Worksheet is ideal for use in your maths rotation, morning routine or fast-finisher station. With a real-world theme and engaging illustrations, the worksheet helps bring maths to life in an enjoyable and age-appropriate way. It also supports early language development through oral explanations and sentence-building extension tasks.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Count objects with one-to-one correspondence
• ✅ Record totals using correct number formation
• ✅ Recognise and match identical images in a busy visual field
• ✅ Develop visual scanning and discrimination skills
• ✅ Use counting to support basic addition and subtraction practise

What’s Included:

• Vehicle-themed count and colour worksheet
• Image key to support visual tracking and number recording

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheet (paper or card)
• Coloured pencils, crayons or markers
• Optional: write-and-wipe sleeves for repeated use

How to Use:

1. Introduce the worksheet and model how to locate one of the images in the scene.
2. Students colour each matching object using the image key as a guide.
3. They count how many of each object are found and write the total in the box provided.
4. Continue until all items are found, coloured and recorded.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a maths centre activity for counting and visual scanning practise
• 💡 Incorporate into a morning work routine or independent practice time
• 💡 Pair with sentence writing for cross-curricular literacy connections
• 💡 Add to student portfolios as evidence of early numeracy skills
• 💡 Use during small group intervention sessions for number recognition support
• 💡 Use in conjunction with the other themes in the Count & Colour: At the… Counting to 10 Worksheets pack

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use different colours for each image type to support visual memory
• 💛 Encourage students to count aloud as they go for added number fluency
• 💛 Place sheets in write-and-wipe sleeves for reuse or rotation groups
• 💛 Use results to spark conversation about most and least frequent items

Count & Colour: On the Move Counting to 10 Worksheet is a fun and flexible way to build early counting confidence, support number recognition and connect maths to everyday experiences - perfect for making numeracy meaningful and engaging in the early years.