Kindergarten Counting to 10 Worksheet
Practice counting to 10 by filling in missing numbers and finding what comes before and after.
- Centers
- Homework
- Morning Work
- Intervention
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- Grade
- Kindergarten
- Subject
- Math
- Skill
- Counting
- Topic
- counting and number order to 10
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 10 minutes
- Pages
- 2 (incl. answer key)
- Format
- Printable PDF (US Letter)
- Answer key
- Included
- Best for
- centers, homework, morning work, intervention
Worksheet details
What This Worksheet Practices
Students will count within 10 and identify missing numbers and the number that comes before or after.
- Counting in order to 10
- Finding a missing number in a sequence
- Identifying the number before and after
Inside This Printable
Student directions: Write the missing numbers. Use the number line to help you count.
Worked example
1, 2, 3, ___ -> the missing number is 4.
Sample questions
- Write the number after 3.
- Write the number after 6.
- Missing number: 1, 2, ___, 4
The PDF contains 8 practice questions plus 2 challenge questions.
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Counting with confidence
Counting to 10 is the bedrock of kindergarten math. This worksheet keeps numbers within 10 and mixes three closely related skills: continuing a count, filling a gap in a sequence, and naming the number that comes just before or after another. Working across all three helps children build a flexible sense of number order rather than only reciting from one.
How to use it
Keep counters, fingers, or a number line nearby. If a child hesitates, count the whole sequence aloud together and then return to the missing number. The “before/after” questions are often the trickiest, so model them with a number line where before means “to the left” and after means “to the right.”
👩🏫 Teacher note
Pair with counters or a number line for students who are still building one-to-one counting.
🏠 Parent note
Count out loud together first, then fill in the missing numbers.
Common Mistakes to Watch For
- Skipping a number when counting up
- Confusing 'before' and 'after'
Answer Key
The answer key lists each missing number.
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