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. Preschool and New Entrants.
1 to 30 and 1 to 50. New Entrants and Year 1.
By 2s, 5s and 10s. Year 1 and Year 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.

In NZ classrooms

Te WhārikiFor preschoolers, Mana reo | Communication includes recognising number symbols and using them with meaning.
First 6 monthsSaying and ordering numbers to 20, and counting forwards from any number within 10 and then 20.
Years 1–2Counting in 2s and 10s to 100 in Year 1, then in 2s, 5s and 10s to 120 in Year 2.

No curriculum names dot to dot, but joining 1 to 20 is ordering numbers to 20, a goal for the first six months of school. The 1 to 30 and 1 to 50 pages go past that range and fit Year 1, when counting stretches to 100.

The skip counting pictures line up with Years 1 and 2. Year 1 children counting by 2s and 10s can do those two, and the 5s page suits Year 2, when counting by 5s joins in.

Summarised in our own words from Te Whāriki (2017), the early childhood curriculum, and the New Zealand Curriculum: Mathematics and Statistics, Years 0–8 (in effect from 2025).