Promote children's early numeracy skills
Overview
Numeracy is the capacity, confidence and disposition to use mathematics in daily life. Mathematics involves understanding about numbers and quantity, operations, patterns, space, measurement and shapes. Numeracy is the application of these mathematical concepts, with skills developing along trajectories from birth.

Early Years Learning Framework
This topic relates to all outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework – a guide to supporting and nurturing young children's learning from birth to 5 years of age, and their transition to school.
Research
The research supports a number of evidence-based practices for promoting early numeracy in early childhood education and care settings.

Tried and Tested practice guide
This guide outlines key practices that support early numeracy development in early childhood education and care.

Annotated reference list
An overview of the research evidence cited throughout our early numeracy resources.
Snapshots of practice
Early numeracy practices may look different in different contexts. See below examples of early numeracy in pre-Primary settings.