Make a Teen Number With a Ten and Ones

Have your child count the full frame once and then say ten without counting again. Then count on the extras. Check with the answer key.

Color a full ten frame and more boxes in a second frame to make teen numbers. The directions on the page read: Read each number. Then, color all ten boxes in the first ten frame. Then, color more boxes in the second ten frame to make the number. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for Kindergarten counting, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with teen numbers. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Every teen number is one full ten plus some ones. 14 is ten and 4 more, and 18 is ten and 8 more. Showing a full ten frame next to a second frame makes this easy for children to see.

The names do not match the digits. Fourteen says the 4 first, but we write the 1 first, and eleven and twelve give no clue at all. Counting the full ten first and then the extras helps.

Use an egg carton cut to 10 cups and some extra buttons. Fill the ten, add a few more, and ask how many in all. Then have your child write 10 plus the extras.

Yes. All five teen numbers sheets have an answer key.

Counting to 100 by ones and by tens is the Common Core standard K.CC.A.1, expected by the end of kindergarten. Most students reliably count to 20-30 by midyear, then use skip-counting by tens as a bridge to 100 in the spring.

One-to-one correspondence is touching or pointing to one object for each number word said aloud (CCSS K.CC.B.4), rather than reciting numbers separately from the objects being counted. It's the skill that turns counting from a memorized chant into an understanding of quantity, and it's usually the biggest gap between a child who can count and one who can't yet tell you how many.

Watch for accurate counting of a small group of objects (10-20) without skipping or double-counting, and whether they can write the numerals 0-20 to match. A child who recites numbers quickly but loses track when actually counting objects needs more one-to-one correspondence practice before moving on to bigger numbers.