This number 17 formation worksheet gives your child one big, friendly number to master, the number 17, which is written as the word seventeen. The two digits of 17 stand side by side as wide tracks, each with a dashed path down the middle, and the numbered steps run on across the whole number, so children finish the first digit and move straight into the second. Arrows along the path show which way the pencil should travel, and the number 17 is formed the right way, every time.
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What Kids Practice?
On this number 17 page, your child practises:
- Recognising the number 17 and saying its name, seventeen
- Starting each stroke in the right place, following the numbered steps in order
- Tracing along the dashed path inside the giant number 17
- Following the direction arrows, so every stroke travels the right way
- Building pencil control, focus and hand strength with one big, confident shape
- Moving from the first digit of 17 straight into the second, without stopping
When the number 17 feels easy, move on to the next sheet in the set, the number 18 formation worksheet, and keep building the numbers from 0 to 20 one page at a time.
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