Christmas Counting Worksheets and Cards 1-10 (Free PDF)

These free Christmas counting worksheets and cards cover the numbers 1 to 10. Your child counts ornaments, stars, presents, bells, stockings and more. Then they find the right number.

Count the bells. Find the number. Point to it.

Our free Christmas Counting Cards PDF has 8 pages. You’ll find a picture chart, 12 counting cards, three worksheets and an answer key inside. There’s no signup and no email. A Christmas tree counting mat and a Christmas color that many PDF are free extras in the list at the top of this post.

This PDF is also in our math printables library, with our other Christmas math pages.

Jump to: the PDF · counting chart · counting cards · worksheets · tree counting mat · color that many · in class and at home · FAQ

What’s in the free Christmas counting PDF

Page	Activity	Best for
1	Counting chart 1 to 10	Pre-K and K
2	Cards with dice patterns and lines (1 to 4)	Pre-K and K
3	Cards with rows of 5 and some more	K
4	Tree cards with scattered ornaments	K
5	Count and color	Pre-K and K
6	I spy, count and graph	K
7	Count and glue	K
8	Answer key	Grown-ups

Pages 5 to 7 are the crayon and glue pages if you came for Christmas number worksheets.

Print at 100%. Cardstock and lamination make the cards last all December. Page 7 needs scissors and a glue stick.

Christmas counting chart 1 to 10 (page 1)

Page 1 is a chart of the Christmas numbers 1 to 10. There’s no cutting. Each row shows a number, its word and that many pictures. It goes 1 ornament, 2 stars, 3 presents, 4 bells and 5 candy canes. Then the same five come back for 6 to 10.

From 6 on, the pictures sit in a row of 5 and some more, just like the page 3 cards. Set it beside the cards. If your child isn’t sure, they can count the chart row and check.

Christmas counting cards 1 to 10 (pages 2 to 4)

Each card shows one kind of Christmas picture and three numbers along the bottom. Cut the cards apart on the black lines.

• Players: one child, or a small group with a grown-up.
• Touch each picture once and say one number for it.
• Ask “So how many?” The last number you said is the answer.
• Point to that number, or put a counter on it.
• Tip: Go slowly. One touch, one number.

These work like count and clip cards. You can point, cover or dab.

Why one wrong number is always close

On every card, one of the two wrong numbers is one more or one less than the right one. If your child skips a picture or counts one twice, they often land on it. That’s your cue to count again together.

Start with page 2

Page 2 has small groups. Four stockings sit like the 4 on a die, and three presents run corner to corner like the 3. Page 3 uses rows of 5 and some more. Seven ornaments are a row of 5 and 2 more. Page 4 scatters ornaments on a tree, which is harder. Your child has to find a path and not count one twice.

Christmas counting worksheets: color, graph and glue

For kids who aren’t using the cards, pages 5 to 7 are the pencil, crayon and glue pages.

• Page 5, count and color. Six boxes, each with a group of Christmas pictures and three numbers beside it. Count, then color the right number.
• Page 6, I spy, count and graph. A snowy scene shows ornaments, stars, presents and bells, 20 in all. Count each kind, then color one box for each in the graph. Skip the snowman. He is not in the graph.
• Page 7, count and glue. Six snow globes, each with a group in rows, from 4 to 9. Cut out the number strip and glue each number in the box under its globe. The 6 and the 9 are underlined, so they are easy to tell apart.

A small pencil dot on each picture as you count keeps the count honest. That’s one to one correspondence, one number for each thing.

Christmas tree counting mat (free extra)

The Christmas Tree Counting Mat turns it around. Your child picks a number and puts that many ornaments on the tree.

Page 2 has Christmas number cards 1 to 10 and 10 paper ornaments to cut out. Put a number card in the pot. Then count out buttons, cereal or the paper ornaments onto the tree. Counting a group that is already there is easier than counting out a set. Your child has to stop at the right number. Print it on cardstock if you have it. Buttons and cereal are small, so stay close while little ones play.

Christmas color that many (free extra)

The Christmas Color That Many PDF is two crayon pages. Each row starts with a number from 2 to 9, then 10 outline pictures. Read the number, color that many and stop.

The pictures sit in two groups of 5, so 7 is one full group and 2 more. It doesn’t matter which pictures get colored, only how many. Page 2 has new numbers for the same pictures.

Using the counting cards in class and at home

Use these Christmas counting activities as a math center, a morning tub or five minutes at the kitchen table.

• Pre-K: the chart, the page 2 cards and the color that many pages. Start here if counting is new.
• Kindergarten: all of them, the tree cards too. For a challenge, flash a card for two seconds and ask how many. Seeing a small group without counting is called subitizing.
• In class: laminate the cards and keep them in a tub with counters or mini erasers. Add a dry-erase marker to circle the number.
• At home: five cards a day. Plain paper is fine.

If your child is ready for groups of 5 and more, our ten frame printable shows them a new way. When counting to 10 feels easy, try adding. Our Christmas addition puzzles and Christmas color by number pages both start with sums to 10.

FAQ

What is a good game to practice numbers?

Flash a card and race to point at the number. Or pick a number card for the tree mat and put that many ornaments on the tree. A few minutes a day is plenty.

Do the cards come with an answer key?

Yes. Page 8 lists every card as a whole fact, like “9 bells: 9”, one row per card page. It has the answers for pages 5 to 7 too.

The takeaways

• Free, 8 pages, no signup and no email.
• A chart plus 12 cards, with one near-miss number on every card.
• Three worksheets for kids who are not using the cards.
• An answer key, plus a tree mat and color that many pages as free extras.
• Download the free Christmas counting PDF.

In our math games, kids count, group and compare real objects on screen. The cards here are screen-free, so print a set for the holiday break.

Sources

• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Kindergarten Counting and Cardinality (K.CC.4, K.CC.5).
• Common Core Standards Writing Team (2011). Progressions for the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics: K, Counting and Cardinality.
• Gelman, R. and Gallistel, C. R. (1978). The Child’s Understanding of Number. Harvard University Press.
• Frye, D. and colleagues (2013). Teaching Math to Young Children (NCEE 2014-4005). Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse.