Number Names for Kids: Importance with 1 to 20 Number Names

The young generation today has the boon of technology, the advantage of learning even without classrooms and the quickness at their fingertips. The age of flipping pages in a book is long gone. Children can swipe through a search engine and look through the best available information source. There is a high chance of being overwhelmed with such a high variety of information available online.

Autocorrect can be a tool which can without a doubt ease the lives of all using including children as well as adults. Considering all the advantages of this tool one of the top banes is the chance of spelling accuracy. One such example would be the Number Names which does not fall under the Phonetic rule.

Once in a classroom teacher asked a child to spell the numeric ‘1’ to which the child replied ‘wan’. Following the teacher asked the same question with numbers ‘2’ and ‘3’ to different kids and the same pattern of answers was followed by them. This shows the importance of learning the spelling of Numeric values of the number system.

Number names for kids can be bit tricky when starting with learning the numbers as the usual writing by speech sounds might not necessarily be followed with our number system. Hence it is important to guide the kids learning the number to also focus on their names and their difference in spelling each numeric value as well as number name.

Number names for kids have to be taught by watching the spelling of each number, following the rule ‘Sight Words’. They should be introduced to Number names using the sight words which becomes easier for them to grasp. This can be taught using different number name activities for kids or using worksheets with simple match or blank activities specially designed for kids.

Cardinal Number names for Kids

We can dive into number names in English from 1 to 20. These types of number names are also called as Cardinal Numbers. This type of numbers is usually used for counting. The below can be used as a part of chart or worksheet for reference when teaching the child how to spell numbers.

Number	Number Name	Number	Number Name
1	ONE	10	TEN
2	TWO	11	ELEVEN
3	THREE	12	TWELVE
4	FOUR	13	THIRTEEN
5	FIVE	14	FOURTEEN
6	SIX	15	FIFTEEN
7	SEVEN	16	SIXTEEN
8	EIGHT	17	SEVENTEEN
9	NINE	18	EIGHTEEN
19	NINETEEN	20	TWENTY

Various activities can be used to train the kids to be proficient in Number names. We can use counting objects as an activity. For example,

1 Dog = One Dog	6 Trees = Six Trees
2 Chairs = Two Chairs	7 Cars = Seven Cars
3 Phones = Three Phones	8 Photos = Eight Photos
4 Books = Four Books	9 Videos = Nine Videos
5 Plates = Five Plates	10 Books = Ten Books

Ordinal Number Names for Kids

Ordinal number name specifies the positioning or placement of something or someone. This sequence can also be used with respect to size, position, rank, weight, marks, etc. This number sequence can be used in instances as ‘my friend came 3^rd in the entire class.’, ‘the book is kept on the 4^th shelf from below.’, ‘I have a test in the 7^th period.’

To describe the above examples.

Example 1 – my friend came 3^rd in the entire class : 3^rd is spelled as Third
Example 2 – the book is kept on the 4^th shelf from below : 4^th is spelled as Fourth
Example 3 – I have a test in the 7^th period : 7^th is spelled as Seventh.
To continue the pace of examples like above, following is a table of Ordinal Number Names for kids from 1 to 50.

Number	Ordinal Number Name	Number	Ordinal Number Name
1^st	First	26^th	Twenty-sixth
2^nd	Second	27^th	Twenty-seventh
3^rd	Third	28^th	Twenty-eighth
4^th	Fourth	29^th	Twenty-ninth
5^th	Fifth	30^th	Thirtieth
6^th	Sixth	31^st	Thirty-first
7^th	Seventh	32^nd	Thirty-second
8^th	Eighth	33^rd	Thirty-third
9^th	Ninth	34^th	Thirty-fourth
10^th	Tenth	35^th	Thirty-fifth
11^th	Eleventh	36^th	Thirty-sixth
12^th	Twelfth	37^th	Thirty-seventh
13^th	Thirteenth	38^th	Thirty-eighth
14^th	Fourteenth	39^th	Thirty-ninth
15^th	Fifteenth	40^th	Fortieth
16^th	Sixteenth	41^st	Forty-first
17^th	Seventeenth	42^nd	Forty-second
18^th	Eighteenth	43^rd	Forty-third
19^th	Nineteenth	44^th	Forty-four
20^th	Twentieth	45^th	Forty-fifth
21^st	Twenty-first	46^th	Forty-sixth
22^nd	Twenty-second	47^th	Forty-seven
23^rd	Twenty-third	48^th	Forty-eighth
24^th	Twenty-fourth	49^th	Forty-ninth
25^th	Twenty-fifth	50^th	Fiftieth

Different Number name activities for kids

Tracing the Spelling and the numeric of a Number.
Paint with help of number Art
Count with cups: here you can utilize both Cardinal and Ordinal number names to practice.
Count with things in the room: collect a mixture of 4 or 5 or even more things from around the room, arrange it in an order and ask them to point the rank or position of the item. Eg. You can gather these in a particular order ball, bat, book, pen, crayon, pencil, bottle. Ask the question which position is the crayon at. For which in this case the answer is 5th (Fifth).
Word puzzle but with only number names: this puzzle would contain numbers, quantity and of course the number names.
Matchup: matching activity with numbers and number names for kids
Sight repetition

These ideas, tables and different number name activities for kids provided above will give you and your child a great and fun way to discover learning numbers and number names in a hassle-free manner. We should keep a close eye on children if they start learning the number system using their phonic sounds or the way they are pronounced. Parents and teachers must quickly interfere in case of such observation before it becomes a habit or a norm. This would only confuse the kid even more while learning the actual spellings of numbers and naming them in the correct way. Early education is most important as that would establish the basic cornerstone for rest of the child’s career.

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