Counting to 20

We can count even higher

You already know 1 to 10. Now let's go all the way to 20!

Here they are in order:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

The teen numbers

After 10 come the teen numbers. They are special.

• 11 — eleven
• 12 — twelve
• 13 — thirteen
• 14 — fourteen
• 15 — fifteen
• 16 — sixteen
• 17 — seventeen
• 18 — eighteen
• 19 — nineteen

Then comes 20 — twenty!

Count the apples

Let's count apples one by one. Touch each one as you say a number.

🍎 1 🍎 2 🍎 3 🍎 4 🍎 5 🍎 6 🍎 7 🍎 8 🍎 9 🍎 10

🍎 11 🍎 12 🍎 13 🍎 14 🍎 15 🍎 16 🍎 17 🍎 18 🍎 19 🍎 20

You counted 20 apples! Well done.

Try it at home

Can you find 20 things to count?

• Count 20 steps as you walk.
• Count 20 jumps.
• Count your fingers and your toes together — that makes 20!

The last number you say is how many there are.

Great job!

You can count to 20 now. That is a big jump!

When you are ready, you can look at Number Patterns and Sequences, or start adding numbers in Addition and Subtraction Made Easy.