Number Domino Blocks — 1 to 100 with Written Names

Parent guides: Teaching Kids Letters and Numbers Through Play, in Arabic and English · Games That Build Your Child’s Skills, by Age: 1, 18 Months, 2, 3, 4–5 and 6+

1. Lay the blocks out and find the numbers your child already knows.
2. Say the digit, then read the written name beside it.
3. Line the blocks up in order from one upwards.
4. Play dominoes with them, matching by number.
5. Use them for simple sums by putting two blocks together.

• Number recognition well beyond ten
• Reading numbers as words, not only as digits
• Sequencing and ordering across a large range
• Early arithmetic, using blocks that can be moved around

• Lay out just one to twenty at first
• Hide a block from a sequence and ask which is missing
• Count in tens using only the blocks ending in zero