Which numbers can the dots use?

1 to 10, 1 to 20, 1 to 30 or 1 to 50, counting by 2s to 50, by 5s to 100, by 10s to 150, or the alphabet from A to Z.

Where do children start?

At the green dot, at the top of the picture. The numbers go round clockwise, and every number sits just outside its dot.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. The answer key shows the finished outline in red, with the colour picture it was drawn from.

Which pictures are there?

An apple, a pear, a heart, a star, a moon, a house, a fish, a duck, two dinosaurs, a butterfly, a mushroom, an umbrella, a pumpkin and a ghost.

Dot to Dot Printables: Count to 10, 20 or 50, Skip Count and A to Z

Counting with a picture at the end

Dot to dot practices number order: children have to find what comes next, again and again, and the picture only appears if they get it right. Skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s and the A to Z pages use the same idea for times tables and the alphabet.

Pick a level

1 to 10 and 1 to 20. Preschool and Foundation.
1 to 30 and 1 to 50. Foundation and Year 1.
By 2s, 5s and 10s. Year 1 and Year 2, before times tables.
A to Z. Alphabet order for any age.

More puzzles

For a hidden picture made with colours, try colour by number. Number tracinghelps children who are still learning to write the numbers.

In the Australian Curriculum

FoundationNaming and ordering numbers including zero to at least 20 (AC9MFN01).
Year 1Ordering numbers to at least 120 (AC9M1N01), and skip counting in twos, fives or tens (AC9M1N03).
FoundationNaming the letters of the alphabet, which the A to Z pictures practise in order.

Dot to dot isn’t in the curriculum itself, but it practises the number sequence that Foundation and Year 1 build on. The 1 to 50 pictures go past the Foundation minimum of 20, so they suit the second half of Foundation or Year 1.

The counting by 2s, 5s and 10s pictures fit Year 1, where skip counting appears in the curriculum. Ask children to say each number aloud as they join it, so the picture practises the counting sequence and not just the drawing.

Summarised in our own words from the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, Version 9.0 (ACARA).