Which numbers can children count by?

2s, 3s, 5s and 10s, or Mixed for a different step on every row.

Do the patterns always start at zero?

No. They start at different multiples, so children have to find the step from the numbers they can see.

Why practise skip counting?

It is the start of multiplication: counting by 5s is the 5 times table.

Skip Counting Worksheets: Count by 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s

From counting to times tables

Skip counting builds the patterns children later need for multiplication and division. When it is fluent, move on to the multiplication worksheets.

In the MATATAG curriculum

Grade 1Counting by 2s, 5s and 10s up to 100.
Grade 2Counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s and 100s up to 1000.
Grade 2Multiplication as repeated addition and skip counting, with the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 tables.

Counting by 3s is not in the Grade 1 list. It arrives in Grade 2 with the 3 times table, so keep the 3s sheets for then.

The Grade 2 steps of 20, 50 and 100 match Philippine money: the ₱20 coin and the ₱50 and ₱100 notes. This maker does not print those steps, so count them aloud with play money.

Summarised in our own words from DepEd’s MATATAG Mathematics Curriculum Guide, Grades 1–10 (2023).