When students know the number names to “ten”, they have all they need to count to trillions or thousandths, and to count fractions. This counting should be reinforced across all the years of schooling. At the beginning, once they know the number names to nine, students should be encouraged to count further. Initially, they need to do this often until they can say all the number names in the right order to “twenty” and “hundred”. It is a good idea to have a number line running around the room and to use number boards as shown below.