Counting to 10 Worksheets – Pictures to Count and Write

How it works

These counting to 10 worksheets print a small picture in each box, such as 8 balls in rows of five, and a line to write how many. Every counting sheet has new pictures each time.

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Worksheet numbers 1 5 come first

Count to 3: a few things in a row keeps every set tiny, and Count to 5: things in a row is the next step. Move to Count to 10: things in rows of five when a child writes the last number said without starting again.

Rows, then scattered groups

A row is the easiest thing to count and a scattered group the hardest, because nothing shows where the count began. The scattered sheets are the counting items worksheets to save for last. Have the child mark each thing counted.

Counting on, with no pictures

The last group prints numbers only: 6, 7, 8 and a blank. Each count worksheet prints with its answer key as the last page; untick Answer key to print the sheet alone.

Counting to ten worksheets work best after counting real things: ten blocks on the table first, then the paper.
If a child counts a row twice, cover the counted part with a finger or a strip of card.

Questions and answers

Are these 1 10 number worksheets for preschool or for kindergarten?

Both. Try the sheets to 3 and to 5 with a preschooler first. Common Core puts counting as many as 10 scattered things, and writing the numbers, in kindergarten. The grade is a guide only; pick the sheet by what the child can already count.

Is there a 1 5 worksheet for a child who is not ready for 10?

Yes. Under Sheet type, the Count to 5 group has rows of up to 3 and up to 5 things, a scattered group, fruit on a plate, and the dots on a die, which go up to 6.

Does the answer key show the pictures?

Yes. The key prints as the last page with the same pictures and the number filled in under each one, so it can be checked at a glance or handed to a helper.

Where are the ten frames and the numbers past 10?

On their own pages. Ten frame worksheets open on counters to count from 0 to 10, and the numbers 1 to 20 worksheets count 11 to 20 on two ten frames.

All 14 sheet types

Count to 5 5

Count the dots on a die, 1 to 6 One die face in each box, with 1 to 6 dots in the pattern every die has. After a few sheets a child knows the 5 without counting it.
Count to 3: a few things in a row Each box has 1, 2 or 3 of one thing in a row, such as 2 fish, and a line to write how many. The first sheet for a child who is just starting to count.
Count to 5: fruit on a plate A plate with 1 to 5 apples on it, four plates to a page. Each box has room under the plate to draw the same number of apples again.
Count to 5: things in a row One to five of the same thing in a row, such as 4 apples. The child touches each one, says the number, and writes the last number said.
Count to 5: things scattered about The same small numbers with the things spread around the box, not in a line: 5 stars here and there are still 5. Crossing each one off as it is counted helps.

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Count to 10 6

Count 6 to 10: things in one long row Six to ten things in a single line, such as 9 leaves, with no break after five. The child has to keep track of where the count has reached.
Count all the dots on a domino, up to 10 A domino tile with up to 5 dots on each half, such as 3 and 4. The child counts every dot on the tile and writes 7. One half may be blank.
Count to 10: cookies on a plate A plate holding 1 to 10 cookies. The cookies sit close together, so a finger or a pencil mark on each one keeps the count straight.
Count to 10: things in rows of five The sheet the page opens on. One to ten of the same thing, five to a row: 8 balls are a full row of 5 and 3 more underneath.
Count to 10: things scattered about Three to ten things spread around the box, such as 7 hearts. Common Core asks kindergartners to count as many as 10 things in a scattered group, the hardest arrangement to count.
Count two kinds of things together, up to 10 Two small groups in one box, such as 4 fish and 3 apples, and one line for how many there are in all: 7. No plus sign is printed; the child counts on from the first group.

Count on without pictures 3

Start from one number and count on to 10 Only the first number is printed, such as 5, with four blanks after it: 6, 7, 8, 9. Nothing on the sheet says what comes next, so this is the hardest row.
Write the next two numbers, up to 10 Three numbers are given and two blanks follow: 4, 5, 6, ___, ___. The pupil writes 7 and 8.
Write the number that follows, up to 10 Three numbers in order and a blank, such as 6, 7, 8, ___. The row never starts at 1 every time, because Common Core asks children to count forward from any number.

How this list was compiled: Own list of sheet types, written 1 October 2026. Every picture is drawn by the sheet maker, and the number on the answer key is the number of things it drew; 500 sheets of each type were dealt and counted again by a separate script on 1 October 2026. Grades were read the same day in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Math_Standards1.pdf (K.CC.2: count forward beginning from a given number; K.CC.3: write numbers from 0 to 20; K.CC.4: the last number name said tells the number of objects counted; K.CC.5: count as many as 20 things in a line, an array or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered group), and in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics, https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/ch111a.pdf (kindergarten 2(A): count forward and backward to at least 20; 2(C): count a set of objects up to at least 20; 2(D): recognize instantly the quantity of a small group of objects). Licence: own work

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