This colourful sorting mat activity has been designed to help students practise identifying and recognising numbers from 1 to 5.

The aim of this task is for students to ‘collect’ and sort cards that represent each number from 1 to 5 on their Number Collector Sort mat. Students will flip one card at a time, identify the number represented on it, and place it in the corresponding column on the sorting mat. Each sorting mat has a different set of cards; students can move between the sorting mats once they have finished!

This resource includes:

1. Detailed instructions
2. x6 Number Collector Sort mats (in high and low colour)
3. x6 sets of cards to match each mat

We recommend enlarging the sorting mats to A3. In addition, we advise that you print the sorting mats and cards on thick cardstock for durability.

This game can be paired with our Number Collector Assessment for evidence of your students’ understanding.