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Foundation Maths Resources

At the Foundation stage, students begin developing essential maths skills that form the basis of future learning. From counting, number recognition, and subitising to exploring patterns, shapes, measurement, and simple addition and subtraction, these early concepts help build confidence and mathematical understanding. Whether you're looking for resources that focus on a specific skill or support a range of mathematical concepts, you'll find engaging, hands-on learning tools to suit your classroom needs.

Explore our range below and help your students build a strong foundation for future maths learning.

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Abacus offers a wide range of Foundation maths resources for children within the first year of their formal education. Our maths resources for the Foundation Year are aligned to the Australian curriculum’s recommendations for maths learning for the Foundation Year.

Foundation Maths Skills

Count up to 20 

Students will be able to name numbers from one to 20 in sequence, and describe these quantities in relation to each other. They will then be able to apply these skills to their everyday lives.

Describe Relative Measurements

Students will be able to compare and contrast the length, weight and other quantifiable differences between objects using everyday language. They will understand the differences between ‘tall’ and ‘taller’, ‘long’ and ‘longer’, etc.

Identify Basic Shapes 

Students will be able to name, describe and sort basic 2D and 3D shapes such as circles, squares, cubes, etc. They will also learn to describe everyday objects using this knowledge.

Describe location and position

Students will be able to describe and name movement or the lack thereof. They will understand words such as ‘near’, ‘behind’, and ‘toward’.

Foundation Maths Activities

Name that Number

This activity is designed for students who are just learning to count. It’s broad enough that you can modify it however you like and ramp up the difficulty level according to your students’ skills and needs.

The simplest version involves flashing any number between one and 20 and asking your students to name the number. You can have them do this orally, or show a piece of paper/card/image that corresponds to that number. For example, if you show the number ‘15’ in numerals, they will then show the word ‘fifteen’ or an image with 15 items.

Sort those Shapes

If you’re already tackling shapes, this is a great activity to help your students reinforce what they’ve learned. There are also several ways you can do ‘Sort Those Shapes’ according to the materials available to you.

You could make cutouts of various shapes (circles, triangles, squares), label boxes with the corresponding shape names, and ask your students to put the cutouts into the appropriate boxes. You could also ramp up the difficulty level somewhat, and give them instructions like ‘Put the red-coloured triangles in with the yellow-coloured squares’.   

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