Number 1 Tracing Worksheet: Trace, Count, and Color!
This worksheet gives children ages 3-5 their very first structured practice tracing a numeral, using the simplest number shape, a single straight line, to build early pencil control before moving on to curvier numbers. Counting and coloring exactly one object reinforces that the numeral 1 represents a single item, an essential first step in connecting written symbols to real quantities. Because this is often a child's introduction to number writing, it sets the pattern for how they'll approach every number worksheet that follows.
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Number Tracing & Counting Activity Book 0-20 for Preschool & Kindergarten
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Curriculum
- Number Recognition > Number Tracing 1-10
How to use this worksheet
Show your child the dotted number 1 and demonstrate tracing it with one straight downward stroke, following the arrow if one is shown. Have them trace several guided 1s, then look at the objects on the page and count them together, confirming there is just one. Have your child trace any additional dotted lines near the object, then color the single ball with a crayon to finish the page.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Have your child find one of something around the house, like one shoe or one spoon, and hold it up while saying 'one.'
- 2Encourage your child to draw their own picture featuring just one object, like one sun or one flower.
- 3Practice writing the number 1 with a finger in a tray of sand or on a foggy window.
- 4Read a counting book together and pause to point out the number 1 whenever it appears.
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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