Pre-K · Math
Match the Number
Free printable Pre-K math worksheet: Match the Number. It practices counting. For ages 3-5. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- Pre-K
- Subject
- Math
- Skill
- Counting
- Ages
- 3–5
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Match the Number” is sheet 4 of 30 in our free Pre-K Math Worksheets collection, written for children aged 3–5. It focuses on counting, one of 11 sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Trace the Numbers 1 - 5” and before “Count and Write: 6 - 10”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
More counting worksheets
The other Pre-K Math sheets on counting, in the order they are meant to be done.
All counting to 10 worksheets →How to use this worksheet
- 1
Let your child point at and touch each object as they count it out loud. One-to-one correspondence — one word per object — is the skill being built, and pointing is what makes it visible to you.
- 2
Do one sheet at a time. A Pre-K attention span is roughly five to ten minutes, and stopping while it is still going well is what makes them willing to come back.
- 3
Do not correct a reversed numeral yet. Reversed 3s and 5s are normal until about age seven and disappear on their own with practice.
- 4
If tracing is frustrating, open the same sheet in the online studio instead. A finger on a tablet needs far less fine motor control than a pencil, and the counting practice still happens.
