A dot to dot is counting with a pencil. The child finds 1, draws a line to 2, then to 3, and keeps going in order until the last dot, then joins it back to 1 — and a shape appears: a star, a heart, a house, a fish, a sailboat, a rocket, a crown, a cat and more. Dot 1 is bigger and green, so it is easy to find where to start.

Set Dots to 1 to 10 for younger children or 1 to 20 for more practice counting past ten, and Pictures to two big pictures or four smaller ones on a page. The pictures on one sheet are all different. Click any picture to swap it for another shape.

Press New sheet for new shapes, lock the pictures you like, or Shuffle a single one. The answer key prints on a second page only when you ask for it and shows every finished shape. Every sheet prints in color or black and white, on US Letter or A4. Nothing to sign up for.

12 ready-to-print sheets

• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 4 pictures
• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 2 pictures
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 4 pictures
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 2 pictures
• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 4 pictures · set 2
• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 2 pictures · set 2
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 4 pictures · set 2
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 2 pictures · set 2
• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 4 pictures · set 3
• Dot to dot · 1 to 10 · 2 pictures · set 3
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 4 pictures · set 3
• Dot to dot · 1 to 20 · 2 pictures · set 3