Meet Your Number Neighbours! 🏡🌈
Arrange number trains, repair missing houses and explore the numbers just before, just after and between.
📝 Before After and Between Numbers Quiz for SR KG
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Which number comes just before 7?
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🎮 Before After and Between Number Games
Build, move, match and sort. Choose one game at a time.
1. 🏡 Number Neighbour Window
Choose a centre number. Explore one less and one more, then move the window.
0 is just before 1; 2 is just after 1.
2. 🚂 Build the Number Train
Arrange all six tickets from 21 to 26. Use Undo to change your plan.
🚂 Empty train
Ready to play!
3. 📮 Deliver the Neighbour Clues
Select a clue envelope, then deliver it to the matching number address.
Ready to play!
4. 🐸 Find the Neighbour Landing
Move the frog to the number just before 18 and just after 16. The track increases to the right.
Ready to play!
5. 🃏 Number Neighbour Memory
Match each clue with its number. Reveal two cards at a time.
Find four pairs.
🧠 Number Neighbour Activities for SR KG
6. 🔧 Repair the Number Houses
Complete every street. Each street counts forward by one.
Ready to play!
7. 🕵️ Collect the Between Numbers
Collect ALL whole numbers strictly between 17 and 21. Leave out both endpoints. Tap a selected card again to return it.
Ready to play!
8. 🤖 Consecutive Number Robot
Start at 11. Visit 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 in order on neighbouring squares. No diagonal moves.
Ready to play!
9. 📖 Make a Number Neighbour Book
Choose a centre and build its immediate before and after numbers. Save three pages with different centres.
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📖 View saved strips
Ready to play!
10. ✏️ Trace Number Neighbours
Choose a centre number. Trace the three consecutive numbers with red or black. An adult can review the writing.
Trace 4, 5, 6. Writing is not automatically graded.
📄 Before After and Between Numbers Worksheets for SR KG
📖 Read the Number Neighbours Learning Guide
🌈 Understand number neighbours
Before after and between numbers worksheets help SR KG children connect number recognition with counting order. The number just before is one less, and the number just after is one more. In 8, 9, 10, nine is between eight and ten. Begin with a familiar range and use counters or a labelled number track to support each comparison.
⬅️ Find the number just before
A before number worksheet asks children to count back one step. For example, seventeen comes just before eighteen. On a number line that increases to the right, move one step left to find the previous whole number. Practise with short sequences before removing the visual support. Revisit counting numbers 1 to 10 when helpful.
➡️ Find the number just after
An after number worksheet focuses on counting forward one step. The number just after nineteen is twenty, so include a few examples that cross a ten boundary when the child is ready. Avoid asking children to restart at one every time. Continue from the stated number and connect the spoken answer with its written numeral. Explore SR KG counting 11 to 20 worksheets for more practice.
🏡 Find numbers between two endpoints
A between numbers worksheet may show 14, blank, 16, where fifteen is the only missing whole number. Wider gaps can contain several numbers: sixteen, seventeen and eighteen all lie strictly between fifteen and nineteen. Read whether the task asks for one missing neighbour or every whole number in a range. The endpoints themselves are not included when the task says strictly between.
🧩 Build and repair number order
Number sequencing activities help children explain their choices. Arrange movable cards, repair a missing house number or build a three-number strip around a chosen centre. Distinguish counting in ones from SR KG skip counting activities: a jump of two passes over a number, while the immediate neighbour is only one step away. Try connect the dots number worksheets to follow labels in order.
✏️ Printable and online practice
Use the existing download option for the before after and between numbers worksheet. The online quiz and ten interactive tasks provide separate practice with number lines, matching, sorting, construction and tracing. An adult can read the short prompts and review the writing. Extend the learning with number name activities and greater than and less than worksheets.
💬 Before After and Between Numbers FAQs
What are before, after and between numbers?
They describe number order. In 6, 7, 8, six is just before seven, eight is just after seven, and seven is between six and eight.
How do I teach before and after numbers to an SR KG child?
Use a short labelled number line and movable cards. Find the given number, move back one for just before and forward one for just after.
Does before mean one less?
The number just before a whole number in counting order is one less. Use the word just to make the immediate-neighbour meaning clear.
How do children find the number after 19?
Count forward one step from nineteen to twenty. Show 18, 19, 20 and 21 together so the change across the ten boundary is visible.
How do I teach the number between two numbers?
Start with endpoints that differ by two, such as 11 and 13. Count the sequence and identify twelve in the gap.
Can more than one whole number be between two numbers?
Yes. For example, 5, 6 and 7 are all strictly between 4 and 8. Read whether the task asks for one missing number or all numbers in a range.
What is the whole number just before 1?
Zero comes just before one in the whole-number sequence. Use an empty set to connect the numeral 0 with its quantity.
What helps children who confuse before and after?
Practise one direction at a time with a clear counting track. Say count back one or count on one, then connect these actions with before and after.
What activities practise number neighbours?
Arrange cards, repair number strips, move a token on a number line, sort clue cards and build a three-number strip around a chosen centre.
Where can I download the SR KG worksheet?
Use the existing download option on this worksheet page. The quiz and activities provide additional online practice.
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