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 Grade R.
1 to 30 and 1 to 50. Grade R 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.

CAPS links

Grade RCounts forwards and backwards in ones from 1 to 10 and knows the number symbols 1 to 10.
Grade 1Counts forwards from any number up to 100, and in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Grade 3Sorts letters and words into alphabetical order.

CAPS does not mention dot to dot, but it values the skills behind it. In Grade R it names directionality, moving left and right, up and down, as groundwork for forming numbers and letters and for reading from left to right.

Pick the range to match CAPS: 1 to 10 for Grade R, and 1 to 50 or the skip counting pages for Grade 1, where counting to 100 and in 2s, 5s and 10s begins.

Summarised in our own words from the DBE’s CAPS for English Home Language and for Mathematics, Foundation Phase (2011).