Year 1 Numerals 0-10 worksheet

“Writing numerals 0 to 5” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “Numerals 0-10”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 9 of the year, 2 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Writing numerals 0 to 5

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can write the numerals 0 to 5 and know which ones need a lift.

A Look back3 min

1.
Count the corners on this shape. Write the numeral in the box.
2.
Count the dots. Write the numeral in the box.
3.
Count the sides of this triangle. Write the numeral in the box.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Here is how to write the numeral 2. Watch the steps, then have a go.

Watch me

Start with a curve over the top.

Slant down to the left.

Finish with a line across the bottom.

Keep your pencil moving the whole way.

Now you

1.
Write the numeral 3 on the lines.
2.
Which numeral is made with one straight line only? Circle it.
012345

C Your turn8 min

Pretend to write each numeral in this sand with a finger. Then try the rows.

A wooden tray of dry sand with a wooden stick lying beside it

1.
Sort the numerals into the right column. Write each one in the column.
012345
One smooth movement Lift the pencil
2.
Number these steps 1 to 4 to show how to write the numeral 0.
1. Up the right side and back to the top
2. Start at the top
3. Go down and round the bottom
4. Go round to the left
3.
Circle each numeral that has a curve in it.
012345
4.
Write the numeral 4 on the lines. Lift your pencil once in the middle.

Say it out loud: Which numerals did you make in one go? What do they have in common?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A blank lined exercise page with a pencil resting across it

Mia says: “The numeral 4 is written in one smooth line.”

1.
Is Mia right? Why? Write one sentence.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Why do you think the numeral 1 needs no lift but the numeral 4 does? Tell your grown-up.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Writing numerals 0 to 5 · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 4

2. 5

3. 3

B

1. Look for: A numeral 3 made of two curves, starting near the top, with no lift of the pencil. If your child lifts the pencil in the middle, ask them to trace the 3 with a finger and not stop until the bottom.

2. 1 If your child circles 4, count its straight lines together. For a curvy numeral, trace the curve.

C

1. Lift the pencil: 4, 5 · One smooth movement: 0, 1, 2, 3

2. 1 Start at the top · 2 Go round to the left · 3 Go down and round the bottom · 4 Up the right side and back to the top If your child puts the bottom first, ask them where the pencil starts and trace the oval from there.

3. 0, 2, 3, 5 If your child circles 1 or 4, trace it together. Do its lines bend?

4. Look for: A numeral 4 with a slanted stroke, a line across, a lift of the pencil, then a separate straight line down.

D

1. Look for: Says no, and that 4 needs the pencil lifted once to start a separate straight stroke. If your child says yes, ask them to trace a 4 slowly with a finger and notice where it has to stop.

E

1. Look for: Says the 1 is one straight line, while the 4 has separate strokes that need a new start.

Words to use

Say“Show me where your pencil starts. Now trace it again without stopping.”

Instead of“Stop rushing and copy it again, it's messy.”

After the sheet

Trace each numeral from 0 to 5 in a tray of salt or rice, saying each stroke out loud, then write it on paper.

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