Skip Counting by 10 Worksheet: Fill in the Blanks!
This worksheet builds skip counting fluency by 10s, a foundational skill that helps children recognize number patterns and prepares them for place value concepts and faster counting strategies later on. For ages 4-5, seeing numbers grouped in tens on signs reinforces both sequencing and the visual structure of our base-ten number system.
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Month 7: Preschool Skills Through Play | Ages 4-5
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- Counting > Skip Counting
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first few numbers already filled in on the signs together, reading them aloud to establish the counting-by-10s pattern, 10, 20, 30, and so on. Ask your child to say what number comes next in the pattern before writing it in the blank sign. Continue through the remaining blank signs the same way, having your child say each number aloud as they write it to reinforce the sequence. Once complete, read through the entire chain of numbers from start to finish to check the pattern is consistent.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
Extension activities
- 1Count real objects in groups of ten, like fingers across two hands repeated, or ten blocks stacked at a time.
- 2Walk up a staircase together, counting by 10s instead of by ones for a physical, rhythmic version of the skill.
- 3Use a hundred-square number chart to visually trace the skip-counting-by-10 pattern with a finger or highlighter.
- 4Create a number chart together counting by 10s all the way to 100, decorating each ten with a sticker or drawing.
- 5Play a call-and-response game where you say one number in the sequence and your child says the next.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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