Match numbers to objects worksheets

Before a child can write a number they have to recognize one. These free printable worksheets put a group of pictures on the left and a column of numerals on the right, and the child draws one line between them — counting to answer, not writing.

Match numbers to objects
Match numbers to objects worksheet — Numbers to 10, free printable with answer key

The answer key prints on a separate page.

What's on this sheet

Each row is a group of the mascot's picnic treasure, and every numeral on the page belongs to exactly one group, so a child who counts carefully can rule the others out. That is the point of the format: matching gives a young learner a way to check an answer that writing a numeral does not, because the wrong numbers are on the page beside the right one.

Why this sheet works

The line is the whole answer, which makes this a page for a child who can count a set but cannot yet form the digits. It comes before counting-and-writing, not after it.