Before and After Numbers Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Look at the first number on the page together and ask your child to count up from one to reach it, so they have a clear sense of where it sits in the number sequence. Have them write the number that comes right before it in the first box, then the number that comes right after it in the second box. Check each answer by counting aloud together, like 'four, five, six,' before moving to the next number on the page. Continue through the remaining numbers, encouraging independence as they get comfortable with the pattern.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Eraser

Extension activities

• 1Use a number line taped to the floor and have your child jump one space before or after a called-out number.
• 2Play a quick oral game where you say a number and your child has to say what comes before and after it.
• 3Create simple number cards and have your child arrange three in a row, then flip the middle card face down as a guessing game.
• 4Use flashcards to drill before-and-after pairs at a fast, game-like pace.