Missing Number Road Trip Worksheet for Kids
Children ages 4-6 practice number sequencing by identifying which numbers are missing from a road of tomatoes, a skill that requires understanding what comes before and after a given number in counting order. This strengthens number recognition and prepares children to count confidently without needing to start from one every time.
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Curriculum
- Number Sense > Number Sequencing
How to use this worksheet
Look at the numbered tomatoes along the road together and count aloud from the beginning, noticing where a number seems to be skipped. Ask your child to figure out what number belongs in each empty tomato by counting up from the last number they know. Have them write the missing number inside the correct tomato, continuing until the whole road is filled in and the sequence counts smoothly from start to finish.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
Extension activities
- 1Create your own missing-number sequence using sticky notes or number cards laid out on the floor.
- 2Draw a road, a train, or a path and add your own missing-number gaps for your child to fill in.
- 3Count aloud together in the car or on a walk, pausing randomly and asking your child what number comes next.
- 4Play a number line hopscotch game outside, leaving one square blank for your child to identify.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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