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Learn Number 1

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Learn Number 7

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Learn Number 8

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Learn Number 10

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Number Scrambles

Number Scramble 1

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Number Scramble 9

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Number Scramble 10

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Importance of helping children learn the numbers

Knowledge of numbers is the foundation for math skills that children will use all of their lives. Understanding their world and communicating with others often involves number concepts such as amounts, volume, weights, distances, and time. Demonstrate for your child how numbers play a role in his life. Let him know, for example, that he will have “5 minutes left to play on the swings” instead of simply telling him that playtime will be over soon. When asking your child to share a toy at home, put on the timer so that he can see how each child has the same amount of minutes to play with the toy. Your child will no doubt understand quickly how important numbers are in everyday activities.

Knowing about numbers begins by learning the name for the number, the formation of the number, and amount that this number represents. As with learning all new skills, practice and more practice is needed. These colorful worksheets will provide fun opportunities for children to work with and understand numbers.

Tips for using these number worksheets

Naturally, the first worksheet is the ideal way to begin. The number is large and your child can use the pointer finger of his dominant hand to trace inside the shape and pretend that he is writing the number. Coloring in the shape will also reinforce the number’s formation. Ask your child to count the amount of pictures on the page, touching each picture as he counts aloud to practice one-to-one correspondence. The ask him if he can find the word that says the name of the number and “read” it to you. He will likely find the printed word and, after counting the objects, be able to say the word aloud as he points to it.

The number scramble is a fun way to solidify learning the shape or formation of the number. Many numbers are very similar (such as 1 and 7, 6 and 9, or 3 and 8), so added practice with number identification is always helpful. Allow your child to touch the numbers along the path with the pointer finger of his dominant hand before he attempts to complete the worksheet with his pencil. Remind him that he needs to connect the numbers by moving up, down, or across the rows, but never diagonally. When he has discovered the path that ends on the colored square, he may complete the worksheet with his pencil.

The third worksheet reinforces the number formation and asks your child to identify the amount associated with the number. Direct your child to touch each picture in the group as he counts and circle the group with the correct amount. If your child is able to spot the appropriate groups on sight, that is fine. But ask him to touch and count each picture to be sure. For additional practice, ask him to count the groups he does not think are correct, as well. Some children enjoy marking the incorrect groups with an X.

The fourth worksheet featuring plates with food pictures is a fun way to practice counting. Ask your child to point to the plate showing the number being learned. Ask him to count out the foods that he selects and place them on or above the plate so that the number is still visible. If he is correct, allow him to paste the pictures on the paper. I recommend making two copies of this page to provide practice counting both amounts shown on the worksheet at a later time.

Extra activities to supplement the number worksheets

Since numbers are all around us, you can supplement your child’s understanding of numbers just about anywhere

• Count aloud as you wait in line at the grocery store.
• Count aloud as you walk to your car or into school.
• As you walk through a store or in your neighborhood, challenge your child to spot specific numbers on signs, price tags, street signs, or license plates.
• Go on a number hunt. Beginning with the number 1, challenge your child to spot all 10 numbers from 1 to 10 either in your house or in the environment.

Connect the dots for beginners

Connect the dots ELEPHANT

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Connect the dots LION

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Connect the dots BABY

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Connect the dots BILLY GOAT

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Connect the dots CIRCLE

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Connect the dots FISH

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Connect the dots FLOWER
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Connect the dots GOAST

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Connect the dots LADY MOUSE

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Connect the dots MOUSE

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Connect the dots MOUSE 2

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Connect the dots OLD MAN

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Connect the dots SNAKE

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Connect the dots STAR (ROCKET)

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Connect the dots TEDDY BEAR

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Connect the dots TURTLE

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Connect the dots MUSICAL NOTE

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Connect the dots PALM TREE

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Connect the dots PAPERBOAT

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Connect the dots PLANE

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Connect the dots TRICERATOPS

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Connect the dots SWAN

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Connect the dots SUGAR GLIDER

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Connect the dots WOMAN

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Connect the dots SQUIRREL

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Connect the dots SHRIMP

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Connect the dots ROCKET

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Connect the dots RABBIT

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Connect the dots POLAR BEAR

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Connect the dots PLATYPUS

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Connect the dots PARROT

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Connect the dots OSPREY

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Connect the dots MOOSE

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Connect the dots MONSTER

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Connect the dots MEERKAT

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Connect the dots LION

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Connect the dots KITTY CAT WITH A HAT

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Connect the dots KINGFISHER

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Connect the dots HEN

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Connect the dots HELICOPTER

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Connect the dots FROG

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Connect the dots FLOWER

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Connect the dots EASTER RABBIT

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Connect the dots DUCK

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Connect the dots DRAGONFLY

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Connect the dots DOLPHIN

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Connect the dots CRAB

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Connect the dots CHRISTMAS TREE

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Connect the dots CASTLE

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Connect the dots BUTTERFLY

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Connect the dots BILLY GOATS

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Connect the dots BAT

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The dot to dot worksheets greatly improve hand-eye coordination as kids will concentrate to trace the lines correctly. Obviously they are great to improve counting skills as kids will need to know the correct way. Some worksheets will have letters instead of numbers as they will improve alphabet skills.

Tracing lines is an activity that will develop and strengthen your child’s pencil grip and fine motor skills. Kids will naturally learn to strengthen their hands in order to move the pencil. These worksheets are a great pre-writing tool.

Lastly the picture comprehension is developed too and completing a dot to dot puzzle that reveals a picture will give kids a sense of fulfillment.

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Identifying words in a sentence is an important pre-reading skill

The first pre-reading concept taught to children is the idea that a group of letters forms a word. This concept is reinforced when children are taught that these groups of letters or words have a meaning and are separated by spaces when they are written in a sentence. Knowing that a separated group of letters represents on word helps a child attack a whole sentence when learning to read. The task is less overwhelming if a child can focus on one word at a time.

This concept is also important when children begin to write. When they write down letters to represent the sounds they hear in words, it is very important to leave spaces between their words. A young child’s inventive spelling can be challenging to decipher to begin with, and a string of letters representing more that one word becomes quite difficult to read. (Putting their finger next to the word before writing a new word helps create appropriate space between words.) Children need constant reminders to separate their words, and practice identifying words in a sentence helps them understand the importance of leaving spaces between words.

Understanding punctuation is an important pre-reading skill

Recognizing punctuation marks and how they work in sentences is also very helpful for children when they are beginning to read. Again, a mass of letters on a page can be overwhelming for a beginning reader. When a child can recognize a sentence as a group of words that ends with a period, he can focus on reading one sentence at a time. When your child follows the printed words as you read, he will begin to learn how the punctuation marks indicate times to pause and changes in voice tone. Eventually he will also begin to use the correct voice inflection when he recognizes the period at the end of the sentence and will learn to pause when he sees a comma.

Tips for using these identifying words in a sentence worksheets

Begin by explaining to your child that a word is a group of one or more letters with a meaning and that this group is separated by spaces from other groups of letters. He will see the word I on the worksheets and will have opportunities to practice counting that letter as a word.

Next, read the sentences on the worksheets aloud to your child and point to each word as you read. Then ask your child to point to each word as you read the sentence once more.

Finally, ask your child to point to each word and count as he points to identify how many words are in the sentence. Then ask him to circle the correct number at the end of the sentence.

Some words in these sentences are quite short (is, am, in, and to, for example) while others as long (hippopotomuses, Columbus, swimming). And some words are capitalized (Ohio, Boise, Idaho, Fluffy, to name a few). This variation is intentional, as it provides opportunities for children to understand that although words come in all sizes and configurations, a group of letters that has meaning represents a word.

Extra activities to supplement these identifying words in a sentence worksheets

• When reading aloud to your child, take time to point out the punctuation in each sentence. Explain that a comma tells you when to take a short pause and a period tells you when to take a long pause.
• When reading aloud to your child, ask him to point to the words as you read. Then read slowly enough that he can learn to move one word to the right after each word that you read. Also, pause before turning the page and ask him to tell you which page had more words, the page on the left or the page on the right.
• When your child receives a card in the mail, show him the envelope and ask him to point to his name. You can also ask your child to point to the name of the city where he lives.

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What are word families

Word families are groups of words that have a common segment of letters at the end. The words in a word family rhyme, of course, and new words are created by switching the letter or letters of the word. Knowing word families makes reading smoother and easier, since a child can look at the end of a word in the word family and read that word by simply adding the appropriate beginning sound.

Word families are typically indicated by a hyphen followed by the letter grouping (-ag, for example, would represent the word family that includes the words bag, tag, lag, and flag).

Common word families list

There are many word families in the English language. Some word families may have only three or four words in the word family whereas other word families may have 15 or more words in the word family. A list of 10 common word families used by young children includes:

• The -an word family;
• The -at word family;
• The -ag word family;
• The -ar word family;
• The -ed word family;
• The -et word family;
• The -ing word family;
• The -ock word family;
• The -og word family; and
• The -ug word family;

Tips for helping your child learn common word families

While many children can identify rhyming words, being familiar with an entire word family greatly increases reading fluency and speed since it allows children to quickly spot familiar letter combinations. An easy way to introduce children to word families is with word family sliders, which contain a letter strip that is fed through two slits to quickly create a variety of words in a single word family. The worksheets on this page are designed to be cut out to create word family sliders.

To begin using a word family slider, copy the worksheet page on tag board or paste it on heavy-weight paper to make it more durable. Then cut out the word family slider as well as the letter strip(s) that accompany each word family. To help keep the materials organized if you are printing out more than one word family at a time, it helps to print the word family (-at or -og, for example) on the back of the letter strip so the letter strips can be easily associated with the correct word family.

Cut on the dashed lines of the word family slider so you can slip the letter strip through the slits. The easiest way to cut the dashed lines is to open the blades of a pair of scissors and (using a piece of cardboard behind the word family slider to make sure you don’t cut through to your table) use one blade of the scissors as you would use a knife to cut along the dashed line.

Introduce the word families by asking your child to read the word family segment on the slider. Next show him the letter strip and ask him to tell you the sound that each letter makes. Then slowly move the letter strip up or down to show your child a new word in the word family. He will likely recognize that the words all rhyme and will have fun reading new words quickly. Encourage your child to read the words smoothly, as a true word, rather than isolating the beginning sound from the word family segment (such as saying buh-ag for the word bag). If he does separate the beginning sound when saying the new word, simply ask him to read the word once more as smoothly as he can.

Extra word family activities to try at home

• Pretend the letter strip from a word family slider is a zipper. Move it up and down as your child reads the words. Set the timer for one minute and see how many times you can “zip” the letter strip up and down while your child reads each word.
• Get silly and swap the letter strips from two different word families. As your child reads the nonsense words that are created when a letter strip is put into a different word family slider, he will be getting some fun reading practice. Ask him to identify which words are real and which are nonsense words.
• When reading a rhyming book, ask your child to pick one of the rhyming words and write the ending letter segment on a card to create a new word family. Cut slits in front of the letters and use some of the letter strips to make new real and nonsense words.

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Identifying similar words is an important pre-reading skill

Reading requires children to look carefully at each word and recognize the letters that form that word. Before a child can even attempt to attach sounds to the letters in the word, he must accurately see the letters in the word. Also, children can become skillful in recognizing familiar groups of letters, called word families, to help them read more smoothly and fluently. But to do that successfully, they must be able to pay attention to the letters in the words they are attempting to read.

To hone these keen observation skills, children can practice looking at a series of words on a line and recognizing which words are the same and which words are different.

Tips for using these similar words worksheets

Some children have an easier time finding the word that is different from the other three in the line. Others seem to find it less challenging to look at the first word in a box at the start of the line and then look at each word until they finds the one that matches. Both of these worksheets present advanced challenges for children.

I recommend printing out one worksheet from each category to determine which style of word matching is easier for your child. Then allow him to complete all five worksheets in that group before moving to the other style of word matching worksheet.

If you find that your child is a bit overwhelmed by the number of words on the page, simply fold the paper to reveal one line at a time. Then tell your child that every letter of the word must be the same for the words to match.

On the worksheets that ask your child to find the word in the line that matches the first word in the box, ask your child to point to the word in the box and name each letter. Then suggest that he slowly move his finger across the row until he finds the same word. Encourage your child to look back at the word in the box as he compares each word in the row. When he finds the identical word, ask him to circle it with a pencil, crayon or marker.

The worksheets that have three matching words and one different word require children to slowly scan the entire line of words. When your child sees two words that match, tell him to look for a third matching word. When he finds the word that does not match the others, he can circle it. Slowly scanning the line with his finger and his eyes will help your child spot two words, side by side, that are identical. Then it will be easier to spot the third word that belongs and find the fourth word that is different.

Encourage your child to sound out short words on these similar words worksheets

If your child is beginning to associate letters and sounds, you can provide an added exercise for him by pointing out words have the “consonant-vowel-consonant” configuration. Sit, bag, cup, and jet are examples of these words that are found on the worksheets. These short words are appropriate for very early readers to tackle. If your child is ready for a challenge, he might try sounding out these words, saying each letter’s sound aloud as he moves his finger under the word. This exercise also promotes careful observation of the letters in each word.

As your child reads some of these words, point out how changing one letter in the word creates a new word. For instance, jet becomes a very different word by changing the first letter j to an m to create met.

Extra activities to supplement the similar words pre-reading worksheets

• After you child finishes an art project, ask him to dictate to you one or two sentences about what he created. You can write his words below the picture so he can see what the words look like.
• Write down some of your child’s friends’ names on a piece of paper. Then have him count how many times certain letters appear and then report back to you with which letter appeared the most.
• Give yourself and your child each a book and then suggest a particular letter. Race your child to see who can find that letter in their book first.
• As you cook, let your child pull a chair up to the counter and look at the packages you are using. Suggest a letter, and have him count how many times he can find that letter on each package.
• Get in the habit of pointing to each word as you read a story aloud to your child. Seeing your finger move from word to word will reinforce the left to right eye motion needed when reading.
• Using post-it notes or small note cards, label different parts of your home. Seeing the word “bed” as he gets into bed each day, for example, will reinforce the importance of written words.
• As you read your child a favorite book, have him count the number of time a common word such as “the” or “and” appears. This will encourage him to look carefully at the words while you read.
• Play the “I Spy” game as you drive, trying to identify particular letters on signs or license plates. After you or your child finds to signs with a particular letter, pick a new letter and start over.
• Give your child 26 cards with a different letter written on each one and explain that all words are a different combination of just those 26 letters. Let him mix and match the cards to form real and imaginary words