Worksheet -- Lesson 6

Number 6

Subject: Maths | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford

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Note for parents and teachers: Read every instruction aloud. The child points, counts, circles, colours and writes the number. The child does not need to read the words.

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Exercise A: Circle the Number 6

Say "six" with your child. Ask your child to circle every number 6 in the rows below.

1. 6    9    6    5    6

2. 3    6    8    6    9

3. 6    5    6    6    0

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Exercise B: Count the Butterflies

Open the textbook at page 25. Your child touches each butterfly and counts. Tick the box when your child says the colour and the number.

Butterfly	Counted?
orange	[ ]
blue	[ ]
yellow	[ ]
pink	[ ]
purple	[ ]
green	[ ]

How many butterflies altogether? ( )

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Exercise C: Which Group Has Six?

Say each picture aloud. Your child ticks the groups that show six.

Picture	Six?
6 carrots	[ ]
5 peppers	[ ]
6 butterflies	[ ]
7 strawberries	[ ]

Tip: Draw or stick small pictures in the first column before printing.

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Exercise D: Three and Three More

Draw three spots on each wing of the butterfly. Count all the spots together.

+-----------------------------------+
|                                   |
|          (  )  |  (  )            |
|          (  )  |  (  )            |
|                                   |
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Ask: "Three spots and three more spots. How many spots?" Your child says "six".

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Exercise E: Trace the Number 6

Start at the top dot. Curve down and round. Close the belly at the bottom.

1. 6    6    6    6    6

2. 6    6    6    6    6

Print these rows in a dotted tracing font, with a dot at the starting point of each number.

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Exercise F: One More, One Less

Say the words to your child. Your child answers.

"Six butterflies."

1. What number comes after 5? (six)
2. Six butterflies, one flies away. How many now? (five)
3. How many legs does an ant have? (six)

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Exercise G: Count and Write

Count each group together. Your child writes the number in the box.

Picture	How many?
6 paper butterflies	( )
5 peppers	( )
6 carrots	( )