Teaching my kids how to write their letters has come more naturally for me as a reading specialist. Writing numbers? Not so much. It happens every year. We start working on counting on or some basic math facts and I realize my child has no idea how to write her numbers.
So this year, I finally did something about it! I created some Trace & Try Handwriting Pages for writing numbers for my Kindergartner. {To be honest, my 1st grader used a few, too!} The free printable pack is available towards the bottom of this post. Look for the oval button.
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Practice Writing Numbers – Trace & Try Pages
I really enjoyed making these pages and my two little ones enjoyed working on them together. I only required that they work on the harder numbers like 2, 3, 5, and 8. They asked to do all of them, so they worked on the rest as an extra activity from our choice board.
The pages have a built in support system if kids trace the numbers in the left-hand column first. Once they’ve done that, kids can trace the number again in the next column, which provides a little less support. Finally, kids try writing the number by themselves with a little less support.
Altogether, the child gets to practice writing each number 15 times.
The reward {if your kids like to color like mine do} is that kids get to color in the pictures that represent the numbers when they are finished writing.
One of my favorite things about the coloring portion is that I worked hard to arrange almost each group of images in a different way. For example, with our 5 page, we talked about the eggs – that 3 on top plus 2 on bottom equals 5. We did the same thing with the gloves. 2 gloves plus 3 gloves equals 5, too.
Zero was a bit tricky, since I didn’t need images. Instead I designed words that are synonyms for zero so kids can color in the words. My daughter loved it, so it was still a hit. 🙂
More Handwriting Resources:
Trace It, Try It Handwriting App – for letters AND numbers!
Follow This Reading Mama’s board Handwriting on Pinterest.
Enjoy!
~Becky
taliafrench says
September 18, 2015 at 4:15 pmPerfect timing! We just finished working on numbers in our math book but I feel my daughter could use some extra practice on forming her numbers correctly and neatly. Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful sheets!
thisreadingmama says
September 18, 2015 at 8:56 pmThat was perfect timing! 🙂
Debra Janiak says
September 20, 2015 at 2:26 pmThank you so much for the great worksheets! I’m sure my students will love them.
thisreadingmama says
September 20, 2015 at 5:04 pmYou are very welcome!
JG says
September 22, 2015 at 10:58 pmThank you. This will work out great for my kinder kiddos! 🙂
thisreadingmama says
September 23, 2015 at 6:21 amI’m so glad they will work with your kiddos.
Linda says
February 7, 2016 at 11:55 pmthanks so much
thisreadingmama says
February 9, 2016 at 7:08 amYou’re very welcome! 🙂
Nurah says
April 9, 2016 at 9:57 pmI really appreciate you creating and sharing these worksheets. I am using them daily with my 3 and 4year old. Please continue the great work.
thisreadingmama says
April 12, 2016 at 11:40 amThanks for the encouragement! I’m so glad you can use them with your kids!!
Violet says
April 10, 2016 at 11:09 amThank You!!!!!!!!!!!
Shawna Hudson says
April 13, 2016 at 6:28 pmDo you have a full set of this somewhere???
thisreadingmama says
April 16, 2016 at 6:36 am0-9 is all I have right now. It’s in my plans to do 0-20 one day. 🙂
crystalwinter2013 says
September 7, 2017 at 10:31 amJust wondering if you ever finished to 20? That would be a big help in my kindergarten classroom.
thisreadingmama says
September 7, 2017 at 11:09 amNo, I haven’t. But I do have these simple pages, if that helps–> https://thisreadingmama.com/writing-numbers-1-20-freebie/