Number Coloring Pages 1 to 10

• Numbers 1 to 5: one sun, two mittens, three fish, four balloons and five ladybugs beside their numerals
• Numbers 6 to 10: six eggs, seven flowers, eight crayons, nine buttons and ten stars
• Zero: a big 0 next to an empty jar, for the idea of nothing
• 1 to 10 chart: all ten numerals in a row with dots under each one
• Ten frames: two rows of five boxes to color in for any number up to ten
• Count and color scenes: a pond with five frogs and a tree with ten apples
• Dice and fingers: dice faces 1 to 6 and hands showing 1 to 10 fingers
• 100th day page: a large 100 for the hundredth day of school

A child who can recite "one, two, three" doesn't always know that 3 means three things. Teachers call that link one-to-one correspondence, and these pages are built to practice it.

Touch and count. Before coloring, have the child touch each object once and say a number. The last number said is how many there are.

Color the amount. On the count and color scenes, ask for a specific number: "Color four frogs green and leave one white." That's early addition, since 4 and 1 make 5.

Trace the numeral. Follow the outline with a finger from the top down, then with a crayon. Starting at the top is a habit that helps prevent backward 3s and 7s later.

Use the ten frame. Coloring six boxes in a ten frame shows that 6 is one full row of five and one more. It also shows that four boxes are left, so 6 and 4 make 10.

One number a day. In the first weeks of preschool or kindergarten, many teachers introduce a single number each day and send the page home.

By the end of kindergarten, children in most US schools are expected to count to 100 by ones and tens and to write the numbers from 0 to 20. The pages for 1 to 10 are the first step. The 100th day sheet celebrates a milestone that usually lands in late January or February.