Support number sense and early counting fluency with our Subitising See & Say PowerPoint. This interactive resource is designed to help students quickly recognise quantities on a ten frame without needing to count - a critical foundation for mental maths and early numeracy skills.

Check out this video below to see this resource in action.

Each slide displays a ten frame with a dot pattern. Students look at the ten frame, then say the total number of dots aloud. With 60 unique slides and a clear, repetitive format, this PowerPoint supports daily practise of subitising and encourages confident mathematical talk.

Subitising See & Say PowerPoint is ideal for whole-class warm-ups, number talks, or as a quick daily number sense routine in the early years classroom.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Subitise small collections of objects in a ten frame
• ✅ Recognise and describe visual number patterns without counting
• ✅ Develop speed and confidence in number identification

What’s Included:

• Interactive PowerPoint with 60 ten frame slides
• Each slide displays a dot pattern to subitise and say aloud

Materials Needed:

• Interactive whiteboard or device capable of running PowerPoint
• Optional: small whiteboards to use for extra hands-on learning

How to Use:

1. Open the PowerPoint on your interactive whiteboard or device.
2. Display a ten frame and give students time to look closely.
3. Students say the number of dots they see without counting.
4. Optionally, record or discuss strategies used to identify the number.
5. Continue through all slides to build fluency and automaticity.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a number warm-up during daily maths lessons
• 💡 Incorporate into morning meetings to reinforce number awareness
• 💡 Use in small groups to support students building confidence in number recognition
• 💡 Pair with hands-on ten frames to allow students to recreate what they see
• 💡 Turn it into a game by timing how quickly students can say the correct number

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Encourage students to explain what they saw and how they knew the number
• 💛 Reinforce subitising by grouping dot patterns (e.g. 5 and 2 makes 7)
• 💛 Reuse slides as a revision tool throughout the term to track improvement

Subitising See & Say PowerPoint is a powerful way to build early number sense - helping students develop instant recognition of quantities and strong foundational maths skills through simple, consistent practise.