Dinosaur's Missing Numbers Worksheet: Cut and Paste Fun!
Children ages 4-6 practice number recognition and sequencing in a playful dinosaur theme, identifying which numbers are missing from a sequence and pasting them into the correct spots on a row of eggs. The dinosaur and egg imagery adds motivation and narrative context to what's otherwise a straightforward but important numeracy task — recognizing numerals and understanding their fixed order.
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Curriculum
- Number Sense > Number Sequencing
How to use this worksheet
Look at the numbers written inside the dinosaur's stomach together and read them aloud. Then look at the row of eggs, counting aloud to figure out which numbers are missing from the sequence. Have your child cut out the correct numbers from the dinosaur and paste each one onto the matching empty egg, checking the completed sequence together by counting through it from start to finish.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Have your child count the numbers aloud once more after completing the worksheet, running a finger along the eggs.
- 2Create a number line together on paper and have your child point to and say each number as you go.
- 3Use small objects, like buttons or pasta pieces, to represent each number and count them out physically.
- 4Draw your own dinosaur-and-egg number sequence with different numbers missing for extra practice.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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