Support early number recognition and counting skills with our playful and purposeful Counting Cookies (0–10) Worksheets! These engaging worksheets are designed to help young learners build foundational number sense through fun, hands-on visuals and interactive tasks. By linking numerals to quantities in a cookie-themed setting, students practise one-to-one correspondence and strengthen their ability to count with accuracy and confidence.

With two simple worksheet formats to choose from, students will either count and write the number of cookies in each jar, or read a number and draw the correct quantity. These flexible options allow for repeated practise across different levels of ability, making them ideal for whole-class use, small groups, or targeted intervention sessions.

Counting Cookies (0–10) Worksheets are a fantastic tool for introducing counting concepts in Kindergarten or Foundation years. The cookie jar theme adds an element of fun while reinforcing core early maths skills through repetition, visual cues, and number formation practise.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Practise one-to-one correspondence when counting
• ✅ Recognise and write numerals from 0 to 10
• ✅ Link quantities to written numbers
• ✅ Develop early number sense and counting fluency
• ✅ Strengthen fine motor control through writing and drawing

What’s Included:

• Counting & Write worksheet: Count the cookies and write the numeral
• Count & Draw worksheet: Read the numeral and draw the correct number of cookies
• Two differentiated versions to support varying student needs

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets (one per student or laminated for reuse)
• Pencils or markers
• Optional: Counters or play cookies for hands-on counting

How to Use:

1. Introduce the activity by modelling how to count objects one by one and match them to a numeral.
2. For the Counting & Write sheet, students count the cookies inside each jar and record the number in the box.
3. For the Count & Draw sheet, students read the numeral and draw the matching number of cookies in the jar.
4. Review answers as a class or in pairs to reinforce accurate counting and numeral formation.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during small group rotations for focused counting practise
• 💡 Add to a numeracy workstation with play cookies and dry erase markers
• 💡 Use as a formative assessment tool to check early number understanding
• 💡 Pair with read-alouds or role play in a pretend bakery or kitchen corner

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print on coloured cardstock and laminate for repeated use with whiteboard markers
• 💛 Use the cookie theme for cross-curricular links with dramatic play or literacy
• 💛 Encourage students to verbalise their counting process to support number-word understanding
• 💛 Extend learning by discussing odd and even numbers or sorting by quantity

Counting Cookies (0–10) Worksheets make counting concrete, fun and engaging - perfect for developing early number sense in a way that’s meaningful, hands-on and irresistible to young learners!