Counting objects to 10: practice sheet

Part 1: Count each thing once

Remember: Touch each thing as you say one number. Move it to one side so you do not count it twice.

1. 1. Warm-up How many fish? 🐟🐟🐟

2. 2. Warm-up How many flowers? 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

3. 3. Core How many cars? 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗

4. 4. Core How many ladybirds? 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

5. 5. Stretch 🔥 I hold up 7 fingers. How many fingers are down?

Part 2: Numbers in order

Remember: Numbers always come in the same order: 1, 2, 3, … 10.

1. 6. Warm-up What comes after 3?

2. 7. Warm-up What comes before 5?

3. 8. Core What number is missing? 4, 5, __, 7

4. 9. Core Count back: 10, 9, 8, __

5. 10. Stretch 🔥 What number is missing? 2, 4, __, 8

Part 3: Reading and writing numbers

Remember: Each number has a numeral, like 7, and a word, like seven.

1. 11. Warm-up Write the number: three

2. 12. Warm-up Write the number: five

3. 13. Core Write the number: eight

4. 14. Core Write the number: ten

5. 15. Stretch 🔥 How many letters are in the word six?

Activity 1: Counting walk

Count the things in each picture. Point at each one.
Steps: Touch each picture once. · Say the numbers out loud. · Type the last number.

1. 16. 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 How many bananas?

2. 17. 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈 How many balloons?

3. 18. 🐶🐶 How many dogs?

4. 19. 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪 How many biscuits?

Activity 2: Number train

Each carriage has a number. One is missing. Which one?
Steps: Say the numbers in order. · Find the gap. · Type the missing number.

1. 20. 1, 2, 3, __, 5

2. 21. 5, 6, __, 8

3. 22. __, 9, 10

4. 23. 10, 9, __, 7

Activity 3: Fingers game

Use your fingers to find each answer.
Steps: Show the first number on your fingers. · Change your fingers like the question says. · Count all the fingers that are up.

1. 24. Show 5 fingers, then 1 more. How many?

2. 25. Show 10 fingers, then put 2 down. How many are up?

3. 26. Show 3 on one hand and 3 on the other. How many?

4. 27. Show 4 and 4. How many?

Challenge round

No notes! Then the think-hard question: Count backwards from 20 to 0.

1. 28. Stretch 🔥 I hold up 7 fingers. How many fingers are down?

2. 29. Stretch 🔥 What number is missing? 2, 4, __, 8

3. 30. Stretch 🔥 How many letters are in the word six?

Multiple choice

Circle one answer for each question.

1. 31. How many? 🍓🍓🍓🍓

   (A) 3(B) 4(C) 5(D) 6

2. 32. What comes after 8?

   (A) 6(B) 7(C) 9(D) 10

3. 33. What comes before 4?

   (A) 2(B) 3(C) 5(D) 6

4. 34. Which number is six?

   (A) 6(B) 9(C) 5(D) 8

5. 35. How many? 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

   (A) 6(B) 7(C) 8(D) 9

6. 36. What is missing? 6, 7, __, 9

   (A) 5(B) 8(C) 10(D) 11

7. 37. How many fingers are on two hands?

   (A) 5(B) 8(C) 10(D) 12

8. 38. Count back: 5, 4, 3, __

   (A) 1(B) 2(C) 4(D) 6

Homework

1. 39. Count the spoons in your kitchen. How many are there?

2. 40. Write the numbers 1 to 10 in order.

3. 41. What comes after 9?

4. 42. Draw 6 circles.

Project: My counting book

Make a little book with one page for each number from 1 to 10.

Page 1: draw 1 thing  ______
Page 2: draw 2 things ______
Page 3: draw 3 things ______
… up to page 10
I read my book to: ______