Printable Connect the Dots Worksheets
These connect the dots worksheets for kindergarten turn counting and the alphabet into a picture. Each printable page has one big drawing to finish, like a fish, a turtle or a school bus. Number pages count up to 10 or up to 20, alphabet pages use capital or small letters, and a page counting up to 50 suits 1st grade.
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Connect the dots up to 10
Join the dots in order up to 10
Connect the dots up to 20
Join the dots in order up to 20
Alphabet connect the dots (capital letters)
Join capital letters in ABC order
Alphabet connect the dots (small letters)
Join small letters in ABC order
Connect the dots up to 50
Join the dots in order up to 50
About Connect the Dots
What this skill is
A dot-to-dot page asks a child to find the next number or letter and pull a straight line to it. That one task practices the counting or ABC order and pencil control from one point to the next. The picture tells the child right away whether the order was right. Dots sit only where the outline turns a corner or bends, so every line drawn adds to the shape. A star marks the first dot, and the answer key shows the finished outline.
When children learn it
Kindergartners learn to count to 100 by ones and tens (Common Core K.CC.A.1) and to name every capital and small letter (RF.K.1d), so the counting and alphabet pages suit most of the kindergarten year. The page counting up to 50 fits 1st grade, where children count to 120 (1.NBT.A.1).
Teaching Tips
- Have your child touch each dot and say its number or letter out loud before drawing the line to it.
- Start with the easy level, which has a simple picture and fewer dots. The medium and hard levels use more detailed pictures with more dots, and the hard alphabet page runs all the way to Z.
- When the picture is done, ask what it is, then let your child color it and add details like a door or waves.
Common Mistakes
- Skipping a number when two dots sit close together, for example going from 13 straight to 15. The picture then has a corner cut off.
- Mixing up b and d, or p and q, on the small-letter page, so the line jumps across the drawing to the wrong dot.
- Reading a teen number backward, like 12 as 21, on the pages that count past 10.
- Stopping at the last dot and not joining it back to the star, which leaves the picture open.