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A cozy winter mitten is hidden in this grid. Your child reads the numbers 1 to 5, checks the color code, and colors each square to match. Recognizing numerals and linking them to a key is an early math and reading skill at the same time, and coloring small squares builds the finger control your child will need for writing. The finished mitten is a natural self-check: if the cuff or the pattern looks odd, something got mixed up along the way.
Head Start ELOF P-MATH 5: Matching small amounts to numerals and starting to form digits
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Talk about winter clothes before starting: who wears mittens, and why? Then read the code together. Ask your child to color all the squares of one number before moving to the next one. If your child skips squares, lay a sticky note or a ruler under the row they are working on, so the rest of the grid is out of sight.
Easier: Mark each number in the code with the matching crayon first, or color the first row together so your child sees how it works.
Harder: Ask your child to count the red squares and the blue squares and say which color has more, or to draw a matching mitten next to the grid.
It is made for Pre-K (ages 4-5). The level is ★ easy, so it works well as a first practice page.
About 15 minutes. Young children can do it in two short sittings with a break in between.
On the second page of the PDF and on this page under Show the answer key. To print for a whole class, print only the first page of the PDF.
Head Start ELOF P-MATH 5 (matching small amounts to numerals and starting to form digits).
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