Match Teen Numbers to Ten Frames

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.

Count dots in pairs of ten frames and draw a line to the matching teen number. The directions on the page read: Count the dots in each pair of ten frames. Then, draw a line from its dot to the dot of the matching 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.

A grid of ten boxes, two rows of five, filled from the top left. Its value is that amounts become recognizable shapes: a full top row is always five, and eight always looks like a full row plus three. Children start seeing quantities instead of counting them one at a time.

Part of the frame is filled and your child works out how many more are needed to make 10. Because the empty boxes are visible, the answer can be seen before it is counted, which is exactly the bridge from counting to knowing.

Our number system is built on tens, so the pairs that make 10 turn up everywhere later. A child who knows 6 and 4 instantly can handle 16 plus 4, and later 26 plus 4, without counting. It is one of the highest value facts to have automatic.

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.