Curriculum

• Ready numeral cards: 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20
• Ready word cards: one, five, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty
• Paper and marker for one writing try

1. Step 1. Lay out the numeral cards. Read 12 together and find twelve.
2. Step 2. Match the remaining pairs from the ready set.
3. Step 3. Hold up a word card such as fourteen and have your child say the number and find 14.
4. Step 4. Dictate two numbers from the set and have your child write the word forms, then check against the cards.
5. Quick check. Success means your child matches at least five numeral/word pairs and writes at least one number word from 1–20 correctly.

Worked example. 12 matches twelve. 20 matches twenty. A correct write for 14 is fourteen.

Optional challenge. Sequence the matched pairs from smallest to largest and read the word cards in order.

What to notice. Save a parent note listing matched pairs and any number words written, such as “12–twelve, 14–fourteen.”