Next Whole Number Worksheet

Six-year-olds sometimes rush through counting, then get stuck when one number is sitting by itself on the page. This worksheet gives them a clear job: look at a whole number and choose the next number, with answers no higher than 20. It keeps the focus tight, so you can sit together for a few calm minutes and listen to how your child is thinking.

This is a good fit when a first grader can count aloud to 20 and is starting to connect that spoken count to written numerals. If your child hesitates, have them point to the starting number, say it out loud, and count one step forward. For a helpful follow-up with number order, try the missing numbers worksheet, which asks kids to notice what belongs in a counting sequence.

The practice works because each item asks for one small move in the counting sequence. Children read the given numeral, count forward by one, and mark or write the number that comes next. That repeated action builds accuracy with one more, number order, and the idea that each whole number has a next number in the sequence up to 20.

Stay nearby and ask, “What number do you start with?” and “What comes right after it?” If a mistake happens, avoid jumping in with the answer. Count together from a nearby number, then let your child try again. When this feels easy, the number words to numerals worksheet can add a new layer by connecting written number names with the numerals they already see here.