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. LKG and UKG.
1 to 30 and 1 to 50. UKG and Class 1.
By 2s, 5s and 10s. Classes 1 and 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.

NCF and NCERT links

LKG–UKGThe NCF-FS (C-8.3) has children counting forwards in the right order: to 10 at about age 4 to 5, and to 20 by about age 6.
Class 2Skip counting in 2s and counting in tens up to 99 fit the 2s, 5s and 10s pages.
Fine motorDrawing a controlled line from dot to dot is the eye-hand work C-3.3 describes, with tracing and copying shapes at about age 6 to 7.

Dot to dot is not in any syllabus, but it practises number order, which the NCF-FS treats as the base of counting, and the picture rewards getting every number right. Say the numbers aloud together the first time.

The A to Z pages help children learn alphabet order, which they need later to use a dictionary. For LKG, start with 1 to 10 in large print and let children finish the line with a crayon before moving to a pencil.

Summarised in our own words from the National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCERT, 2022).