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. Pre-K and Kindergarten.
1 to 30 and 1 to 50. Kindergarten and Grade 1.
By 2s, 5s and 10s. Grades 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.

Provincial curriculum links

BC KCounting in a stable order and sequencing numbers from 1 to 10.
BC Grade 1Skip-counting by 2s and 5s, with numbers to 20.
BC Grade 2Skip-counting by 2, 5 and 10 from different starting points, forward and backward.
ON Grade 1Working with numbers up to 50.

Dot to dot is a puzzle, not a curriculum topic, but each level lines up with a counting goal. The 1 to 10 pages match BC Kindergarten, 1 to 50 matches Ontario’s Grade 1 range, and the 2s, 5s and 10s pages fit BC’s Grades 1 and 2, ahead of Ontario’s Grade 3, where the × 2, × 5 and × 10 facts are expected.

The A to Z pages are alphabet practice, which sits with letter knowledge in Kindergarten in both provinces.

Summarized in our own words from the BC Mathematics curriculum (K–2) and Ontario’s overview of The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Mathematics (2020).