Dot to Dot: Round Watermelon — 18 Dots for Ages 5–6
Eighteen evenly spaced dots form a big oval around a smiling watermelon with wavy stripes, a guided, rounded shape for five- and six-year-olds counting through the teens.
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Dot to Dot: Round Watermelon — 18 Dots for Ages 5–6
How to use this worksheet
- Start at the bigger dot 1 at the top; the numbers go clockwise and are spread evenly around the fruit.
- Dots 4 to 7 form the right side, dot 10 is the bottom and dots 14 and 15 are the far left.
- Keep every line short and straight; together they make a smooth oval.
- Close the shape from 18 to 1, then color the stripes dark green and the skin between them light green.
What this worksheet teaches
Going around an oval means turning a little at every dot while keeping the same overall direction. That steady, continuous turn is the movement behind round letters such as O, C and G and numerals like 0 and 6. Evenly spaced dots give lines of equal length and a steady rhythm. The count runs through the teens to 18, a range many five- and six-year-olds are still securing. A juicy fact: a watermelon is about 92 percent water and grows on a vine that creeps along the ground.
Play idea
Draw a watermelon slice next to the finished fruit and add exactly 18 black seeds, one for each dot. Then count them again, this time in twos.