Numbers

Color digits, number scenes and pictures with objects to count. Choose single digits with wide interiors, rows of objects to count, or fuller scenes with numbered balloons and sails. Count aloud or give each object a different color.

Count objects or read a numeral

Touch each object once. The color is a tracking aid, not the numerical answer.

Three large apples each have a leaf and a short stem.

Three apples

Three separated fruits are easy to count without a busy background.

Three Apples →
Balloons shaped like 1, 2 and 3 float above a teddy bear picnic.

123 balloons

Numerals sit above a picnic scene. Choose this to name the symbols and tell a story.

123 Balloon Picnic →

Count three, then color

Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.

Digital coloring example

Three red apples with green leaves, brown stems and white highlights.
A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.
  • 1. Red fruit
  • 2. Green leaves
  • 3. Brown stems
  1. Touch the apples in order: top, lower left, lower right. Color all three red, leaving highlights white.
  2. Color each of the three leaves green.
  3. Color all three stems brown.

Count again: three apples, regardless of their color. Name a different palette for another copy.

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