This Missing Numbers activity is such a fun, hands-on math activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students to work on number skills and fine motor skills too! This re-usable missing number on number line uses craft stick or paint sticks with clothespins to make practicing what number comes next. This number line activities is perfect for preschool math or kindergarten math. Plus you can adapt this preschool number games idea to the age and skills of your child/ren.
Missing Number on Number Line

Preschool number games
To make these number clip sticks, you will need:
- Craft sticks, the thick kind
- Wooden pegs/clothespins
- Markers

Number line activities
Simply write numbers on the sticks, you can use both sides. Number the pegs, use both sides if you need too. The first set I made was for numbers 0-10. (I used two different colors, you can use as many colors and numbers as you desire.) I left out numbers, leaving enough space for the peg number to clip into place.

Number Clip
The next set was made for skip counting in 2’s and 10’s. You can make how many ever sets you need. The possibilities are endless! Place these sticks into a small pencil case or ziplock bag and you have a busy bag activity to take along on long rides or for keeping kids occupied when waiting at the doctors office etc.
More fun ways to practice skip counting:
- Free Skip Counting Worksheets
- Fun Skip Counting Puzzles
- Cute Skip Counting Mazes
- Hands on Skip Counting Lacing Plates
- Skip Counting Charts

Missing number games
A few sticks and pegs and you have a fun, frugal Interactive Number Line to practice counting skills at home or in the class!
Free printable kindergarten worksheets
With so worksheet for kindergarten to look through, I want to make sure you find some of our most popular printable kindergarten worksheets. So start scrolling and enjoy!
- Alphabet Worksheets – students will work on tracing letters from A to Z with these free printable, black and white printables.
- Writing Number Worksheets – children will practice tracing and writing numbers 1-20 with these blackline pages.
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- Start out your day with this kindergarten calendar activity
- Make practicing math FUN with these free printable Math Crafts
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- These Alphabet Printable Hats are hugely popular and perfect for working on phonemic awareness and a letter of the week curriculum in kindergarten classrooms or homeschool.
- Learn vocabulary as you make your own Kindergarten Alphabet Mini Book has a book for each letter from A to Z.
- Alphabet Coloring Pages – adorable black and white sheets that feature ahuge capital letter with images that start with the same beginning sound for kids to color inside – great way for kids to build vocabulary
- Help kids explore the world around them with these fun, hands on kindergarten science ideas!
- Kindergarten Crafts arranged by month of the year!
Worksheets for kindergarten
- 50 Books for Kindergarten Book List – Books for Kindergarteners to read themselves
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- Days of the Week Worksheets
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- Free Kindergarten spelling words Printable
- Hoppy Frog Math Game (addition within 10 and addition to 20)
- Free Measurement Worksheets
- Goldfish Kindergarten Subtraction Games
- Roll to 100 Counting Game
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- 100s Chart Battleship Game
- Flower Shape Kindergarten Math Crafts
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- Spring Kite Skip Counting Craft
- Pirate I Spy Worksheets
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- Playdough Subtraction Smash free printable math activity
- Dinosaur Theme Kindergaten Math Worksheets
- What Comes Next Kindergarten Math
- Free Ice Cream Math Worksheets
Kindergarten Phonics
- Short i cvc worksheets cut and paste pdf
- Short E CVC Words Booklet
- Crack the Code CVC Word Worksheets
- Short a CVC Word Book
- Crayon CVC Words Activity
- CVC Word Puzzles Free Printable
- Word Family Sliders Free – lots of styles to print in color or black and white
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- Monster Match CVC Word Activity
Kindergarten Activities
- Free Printable Seasons Worksheets w/ Free 4 Season Printables
- Large Printable Weather Unit for kids
- Rain Cloud for Kids experiment and free worksheet
- Water Cycle for Kids Printable Book
- Lots of weather printables to help kids learn about weather terms while epracticing math and literacy skills
- Grab this free printable 5 senses preschool printables to explore the senses of sight, taste, sound, smell, and touch
- Human Body human body playdough mats – lots of choices to learn about various systems of the body including simple for preschoolers, skeletal system, organs, muscles, nerves, and more!
- EPIC, Life-size Human Body Project
- Amazing 5 Senses for kids lesson to explore with hands on activities, videos, books, and more!
- Try this Jelly Bean sense of taste activities for preschool experiment.
- All About Me Kindergarten (Expanding horizons social studies unit to teach kids about themselves, My Family, My Neighborhood, My Community Unit with lots of ideas & resources
- Where do I Live – free printable project and fun idea for explaining how you live in a house, on a block, in a city, in a state, etc.
- Free Community Helpers Coloring Pages – over 20 simple coloring pages exploring jobs
- Community Helpers Printables Wheel
- Handy Community Signs Worksheets
- HUGE Pack of Firefighter Worksheet to practice a variety of skills with kids 3-8
- Free Printable Community Helpers Matching Game
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