Sequencing Worksheet: Count, Write, and Paste Numbers!
This worksheet combines three numeracy skills in one activity: counting a group of objects, writing the matching numeral, and then physically arranging number sets in the correct sequence. For four- to six-year-olds, connecting a quantity to its written symbol and then to its place in order builds the number sense that underlies later addition and subtraction work.
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Month 4: Learning & Development | Ages 4-5
This is page 29 of the pack. Ages 4-5 · Pre-KAges 4-5 · ReceptionAges 4-5 · LKGAges 4-5
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Curriculum
- Number Sense > Number Sequencing
How to use this worksheet
First, have your child count the objects in each group at the top of the page and write the matching number in the box above it. Next, help them cut out the number sets printed at the bottom of the worksheet. Ask them to lay the pieces out loosely first to figure out the correct order, then glue each one into its matching box in the sequence. Finish by counting through the completed sequence together out loud.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue
Extension activities
- 1Give your child a handful of small objects like buttons or pasta and have them build their own number sequence.
- 2Practice counting forward from different starting numbers, like 'start at 4 and count to 10.'
- 3Practice counting backward from 10 to build the reverse of the skill.
- 4Lay out a homemade number line on the floor and have your child hop along it in order.
- 5Ask your child to find a number 'missing' from a sequence you write out with gaps.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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