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Numbers - Counting (up to 20)

  • Writer: Our Special Story
    Our Special Story
  • Dec 6
  • 3 min read
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What is it

A set of worksheets designed to help children learn to count with one-to-one correspondence and counting up to 20. It also promotes common worksheet skills such as scanning for correct answers, count and circle, and writing numbers.


Teaching Objectives

  • Build foundations for counting, starting from counting with fingers and other concrete materials.

  • Practice counting in boxes, strengthening learning with one-to-one correspondence.

  • Practice number recognition and writing numbers.

  • Develop worksheet skills such as scanning, sustaining attention while counting bigger numbers, and crossing/circling correct answers.


How to use

  • Finger Counting (up to 10)

    • Learn counting with fingers - show and fold fingers as you count.

    • Use boxes to learn one-to-one correspondence by stamping with fingers, pasting stickers, or placing blocks on the boxes as you count.

      • Emphasise on placing one object in each box and counting each object once.

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  • Number Wheels

    • Spin the wheel and practice counting with concrete materials or use the cut-out materials provided.

      • Use guiding boxes from finger counting activity to guide counting first if necessary.

    • Move up systematically from 5, to 10, then to 20.



  • Count with Boxes

    • Practice counting in boxes. Use concrete materials such as counting blocks as prompts if necessary.

    • Scan a field of number options and stamp/circle the right answer.

    • Reiterate the correct number with the objects (e.g. “three frogs!”) after your child has chosen the right answer.



  • Cross and Count

    • Practice counting by crossing out as we advance to more naturalised worksheets and bigger numbers. 

      • Crossing out helps your child to keep track of what has been counted.

    • Practice scanning a field of number options and circle the right answer.


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  • Count and Write

    • Count and fill in the correct numbers in the boxes - use strategies such as crossing out as practiced in previous levels.

    • Guide your child to refer to the visual prompts above the worksheet to copy and/or write the correct numbers correspondingly.

    • Progress on to a more advanced level without visual prompts when ready.



Teaching tips

  • Guide your child to identify the corresponding number options before counting and write out the answer first if your child has difficulties scanning for the right option. 

  • Generalise counting skills by practicing in everyday scenarios (e.g. counting number of cups on the table, or number of candies).

  • Use the box templates to offer varied options and support counting in more advanced levels if necessary. You can adjust the difficulty to match your child's level of understanding.



Here are some videos to help with :

  • Songs



Embed more learning opportunities

  • Receptive language – “Spin the wheel!”, “count 5 ducks”

  • Expressive language – Using longer phrases such as “12 cakes”, or “there are 12 cakes”.



-Specially created by Our Special Story-


Our Special Story provides Home Based 1-on-1 ABA Therapy, Early Intervention Class, School Readiness Class, Social Skills Class and School Shadowing for children with autism spectrum disorder, speech delay and other special needs. 


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