Here is a nice set of pages which checks on children's ability to understand the terms 'next to', 'above' and 'below'. It is surprising that knowledge of terms such as these by-pass some children and this makes it very difficult for them to complete tasks correctly, not from a lack of mathematical ability but from a lack of vocabulary. The more you can talk to your children, pointing out where things are: above, below, behind, under etc the better their vocabulary becomes. Position of objects