Trace and Count: Number 18 Worksheet for Preschoolers
This worksheet has children ages 4-5 trace the number 18 and then count and color a full set of eighteen hearts, continuing to build stamina for counting well into the teens range. Because eighteen is close to twenty, successfully counting this many objects without losing track shows real progress in sustained attention and one-to-one correspondence. Using hearts instead of a more neutral shape also adds a small, engaging visual theme to an otherwise repetitive counting task.
Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Have your child trace the number 18 in the boxes, noticing the 1 and 8 written together. Then count the row of hearts together out loud, touching each one as you count all the way to eighteen. Have your child color all eighteen hearts with a crayon, recounting at the end to make sure the total matches eighteen.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Have your child find 18 small objects around the house and count them out loud together.
- •Ask the child to draw 18 of their favorite things on a blank piece of paper.
- •Cut out 18 small paper hearts together and arrange them into a pattern or shape.
- •Practice counting out loud from 10 to 20 to build fluency with this higher range of numbers.
Tips for parents and teachers
Counting eighteen objects is genuinely demanding, so expect your child to lose their place at least once and need to recount, which is a completely normal part of learning this skill. Grouping the hearts into smaller sets before combining totals can make the count feel more manageable. Praise their persistence in getting through such a long count, since patience matters as much as accuracy here.
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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