Learning about the word 'before'

In maths today the Rectangles group were learning about the number that comes before a number up to 10.  We talked about the things we do in our day.  For example we get dressed BEFORE we come to school.  We have a story BEFORE we go to sleep.  That helped us learn that a number that comes before another number means we have to count backwards.  We recognised that BBBefore starts the same way as BBBackwards!  That might help us remember to count backwards when we're talking about a number before another number.