Number writing worksheets for kindergarten 0-20

12 printable number writing worksheets for kindergarten. One page per numeral 0-9 with a model, a dotted copy and three writing lines, then 10-15 and 16-20.

Ten pages, one numeral each, then two pages that carry the teens. Every page has the same three parts: a solid number to look at, a dotted number to trace, and three empty lines to write it without help. Nothing else is on the page, because a child writing 5 for the first time does not need a counting task at the same time.

Number writing worksheet for the numeral 1 with a solid model, a hollow outline to trace and three writing lines — Page 2 – the numeral 1: look, trace, then write it on the lines.

What each page holds

Start – the numeral printed solid and very large, on the left.
Trace – the same numeral beside it as a hollow outline, at exactly the same size, to be traced over.
Write the number here – three ruled rows underneath, empty.

Pages 11 and 12 change shape: 10-15 and 16-20 each show six numerals in a grid with a short writing line under every one, and end with a line to choose a number and write it again. Teens are read and copied here rather than drilled – the writing work is in 0-9, and the digits in 14 are the digits from pages 2 and 5.

Zero first, and why the order is 0 to 9

0 is page one because it is a single closed curve and the easiest numeral to make – and because a child who never writes 0 gets stuck at 10. After that the pages run in counting order, which is the order a kindergartener already knows aloud, so the page number and the number on it never disagree.

Number writing worksheet for the numeral 7 — Page 8 – 7, one of the numerals most often written mirrored.

The reversals to expect

3, 5, 7 and 9 come out mirrored at this age, routinely, and it is not a warning sign until well into Class 1. The fix is direction, not correction: point at the solid model and start the trace from the same place every time. If reversals persist on one numeral, print that page alone for a week rather than the whole book again.

Worksheet showing the numbers 10 to 15 in a grid with a writing line under each — Page 11 – 10 to 15, read and copied rather than drilled.

Counting is a separate job

This book teaches the shape of a numeral. To attach the shape to a quantity, use number tracing worksheets 1-20, which puts objects to count and the number word on every page, or ten frames worksheets for the structure behind teen numbers. Counting worksheets 1-20 covers the same range with the count first and only one numeral to write per page.

Printing

A4, one side. The numerals are deliberately oversized – roughly 40 mm tall – so a five-year-old writes them with the whole arm before being asked to fit one between two ruled lines. Reduce nothing when printing; “fit to page” is what makes them small. The rest of the number books are on the math shelf.

Printing this one correctly

In your printer dialog set Scale to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page. Fit to page shrinks the tracing letters and they stop matching the size a child's hand is learning.

Plain paper is fine for crayons and pencils. If your child uses felt pens, 100 gsm paper stops the ink bleeding to the next sheet.