On the left the number is a word, on the right it is a digit.
Read the word out loud and look for the matching number on the right.
Then draw a line from dot to dot.
The numbers on the right are mixed up, so going in order does not work.
Example:
On the left it says "twelve". On the right you look for the 12.
Example
For parents
What does this exercise practice?
Reading, writing and saying numbers up to 20 belong together. This exercise links the spoken number word with the written digit and shows that both mean the same amount.
Common pitfalls
The number words from eleven to twenty follow no simple pattern: eleven and twelve sound nothing like one and two, and fifteen drops a sound compared with five. Children therefore often read only the start of the word and guess the rest. It helps to say the whole word out loud before drawing the line.
How to practice at home
Write twelve slips of paper: number words on six of them, digits on the other six. Lay them on the table mixed up and look for the pairs. Whoever finds a pair says the number word out loud.
Related: Writing Numbers, Ordering Numbers