These pocket sized sets of flashcards, comparable in size and quality to a good pack of playing cards, offer an enjoyable introduction to number work. Based on the theme of a birthday party, the cards are attractive to young children and provide many language opportunities. It contains 0-9 in numerals, 0-9 as groups of simple objects (zero muffins, one boy and two balloons) and 0-9 featured on an object (2 on a T-shirt, 4 on a badge and 7 on a house door). Also includes three fractions: a whole cake, two halves of a cake, and four quarters of a cake.