Free Number Worksheets for Kindergarten

These free number worksheets for kindergarten help children aged 3 to 7 build strong number knowledge, from tracing their first numbers to writing and ordering numbers on their own. Each worksheet focuses on one skill, with a clear path from numbers 1 to 10 for beginners to 1 to 20 for confident learners. Every printable is 100% free, with no sign-up and no payment.

The collection covers six easy formats:

• Number tracing: trace numbers 1 to 10 in big dotted shapes to learn correct number formation.
• Number writing: write numbers 1 to 20 on your own to build handwriting and number memory.
• Number recognition: find and circle a target number in a mixed grid.
• Missing numbers: fill in the gaps in a number sequence to learn number order.
• Number matching: draw lines to match each number with the right group of objects or dots.
• Number colouring: colour the number and count the matching objects.

To link numbers with amounts, try our counting worksheets too. For mixed early maths practice, see our math worksheets.

Use the sheets at home after school, as a quick maths warm-up in class, or for holiday revision. Spot numbers around you as well, on clocks, calendars, lift buttons and car number plates.

These free number worksheets for kindergarten help your child:

• Recognise numbers 0 to 20: even when they appear out of order or in a mixed grid.
• Form numbers correctly: starting each number at the right point and moving in the right direction.
• Understand number order: knowing which number comes before, after or between others.
• Link numbers with amounts: matching each written number to the right number of objects.
• Build number sense: seeing how numbers relate to each other.

These skills support the early maths taught in Nursery, LKG, UKG and Grade 1, and they come before adding and taking away.

• Nursery (about 3 to 4 years): tracing and colouring numbers 1 to 5.
• LKG (about 4 to 5 years): tracing, recognising and matching numbers 1 to 10.
• UKG (about 5 to 6 years): writing numbers to 20 and missing numbers.
• Grade 1 (about 6 to 7 years): quick revision of numbers to 20 and number order.
• Teachers and homeschooling parents: ready-to-print maths practice for home or class.

Every child learns at their own pace, so use these free number worksheets for kindergarten as gentle practice, not a test. Writing some numbers backwards, like 2, 3 or 5, is common at first and usually fades with practice.

1. Scroll up to the worksheet grid and choose a worksheet.
2. Click the download button. The PDF opens instantly, with no login and no payment.
3. Print on A4 paper at actual size (100%) so the dotted numbers stay clear.
4. Give your child a pencil or a chunky crayon and start with the first number.

Tip: say each number out loud as your child traces it. To save ink, print these free number worksheets for kindergarten in black and white; the numbers and pictures stay clear and easy to see. More printing help is on our FAQ page.