Find and Color Ordinal Numbers Worksheet

How to use this worksheet

Read the instruction aloud for each item, like 'color the second balloon,' and have your child count along the row to find the correct one before coloring. Encourage them to point to each item and count out loud, first, second, third, rather than guessing based on the item's appearance. Check their answer together before moving to the next instruction on the page. Work through each ordinal number instruction one at a time so the concept doesn't get muddled between rows.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Have a family race, like running or a board game, and talk about who finished first, second, and third.
• 2Line up stuffed animals or toys in a row and ask your child to identify which one is third, fifth, and so on.
• 3Read a book with a clear sequence of events and use ordinal words to describe what happened first, next, and last.
• 4Play a simple board game and take turns, naming whose turn is first, second, and third.
• 5Set up a small stair-step activity, like climbing steps, and count them as first step, second step, third step.