Stampbook Number 68 Tracing for a Brilliant Count

Read the large 68 before using a pencil

Hold a stampbook label beside the largest 68 on the page. Ask the learner to touch 6 and then 8, while a partner reads the whole amount aloud. Let a child who is still learning the number name echo sixty-eight after you.

Turn the small 68 card over and ask where 68 can still be found. Have the learner start on the left of the big pair. An adult can slide a plain paper tab along the underside to mark the reading direction without covering either shape.

Try the stampbook count at home

Draw four sheets with a ten and seven extra marks on each. Cut or use loose slips to move the extra groups together and check the total.

Have a family partner count the stampbook display aloud. Let the child check the 60 already grouped, then account for the remaining 8 on a plain sheet. For a second check, turn one ten label over to show what its packet contains.

Make a small 68 label together and put it near the original display. An adult can turn away during the count and return to read the finished sign. Ask the child what information the reader needs to make sense of that sign.

Locate 68 on the 61–70 strip

Begin the spoken run at 61. Point to one cell per word until the finger reaches 68 at position 8. Ask whether the child found the box by reading its value, following the numbers in order, or remembering where the shade appeared.

Read 67 one cell earlier than 68. Move right from 68 to the printed 69. Use the stampbook display to act out a change of one. Invite a child to check the neighboring labels while a partner moves a single item into or out of the counted group.

Draw the number 68 on a slip of paper. Ask a partner to place it directly above the corresponding box, then cover only that box. The listener names 68 after reading one or two uncovered cells from the same short run.

Work out what the reader needs for 68

Try one prompt from the 68 table. A learner who names sixty-eight confidently may need more time only on the written 6 or 8.

Number 68 Tracing with a clear hand movement

While writing 68, complete the base loop of 6, then take a fresh route across the middle of 8. Use the margin of a separate sheet for a large hand movement. Afterward, choose one of the smaller 68 pairs and keep the unused hand on the paper so the sheet stays steady.

Look at the finished 68 beside the next dotted copy. Pick one visible clue, such as the space after 6 or the height of 8. Ask the child which clue would make a second 68 easier to read. Let them try it once and point to the change.

There are five 68 models in each numeral row. A brief practice might use just one pair on the upper line. Fold a plain strip over the 68 rows below if seeing all the dots makes it difficult to find a starting place.

Share the 68 check with a partner

Ask a learner to collect four full tens first and another to count the four loose groups of seven. Regroup those pieces before they read the finished 68 label.

Ask the group at the stampbook station to mark the 60 and the 8 in separate areas. The child with the numeral card can point to each area while reading 68. A partner checks the group count before giving any hint about the handwriting.

Use this question during the role change. What does the stampbook total become if one new stamp is placed on each of the four sample pages? Give the checker time to show an answer with the objects. The recorder can point to 68, or write the result if the check changed the amount.

Five games to try with the stampbook count

1. Make a stampbook inventory card. Sketch the packets for 60 and add 8 dots. Let a new reader identify 68 from the sketch.
2. Spot the covered value. Put a slip on the printed 68. Have a partner read the strip to that point, then uncover 68 to check.
3. Deliver an extra piece. Add one to the stampbook display and replace 68 with 69. Ask which digit changed this time.
4. Pair a word and a figure. Place SIXTY-EIGHT near a hand-drawn picture of the stampbook supplies. Give the learner a choice of numeral cards to match.
5. Repack the stampbook pieces. Give the group a different-looking arrangement of 68. Ask a second checker to describe how the new arrangement can be counted.

Six observations for the 68 lesson

Account for the stampbook count

Break 68 into 60 and 8 and use the groups to explain each digit.

Control both movements in 68

Follow one 68 without rushing from the 6 into the 8.

Connect the written name to 68

Track SIXTY-EIGHT while saying it. Point back to the digit pair after reading.

Describe a change from 68

Use the two nearby values to check what happens after adding or removing one.

Check a rearranged stampbook set

Recognize the same 68 when the countable pieces move to another position.

Choose a mark to revisit

Compare a new 68 with the model and describe one part to try again.

Choose a small goal for the next 68 visit

Offer the 68 sheet around ages 5–8 to children who are starting to read pairs of digits. The stampbook game can be done by pointing and speaking when the pencil work feels long. A child who is ready to write can set the amount next to a blank label and copy just one pair.

Give each 68 visit a purpose the child can say aloud. Today it might be finding 68 near its neighbor. A later lesson can return to a difficult stroke or the final part of SIXTY-EIGHT. The unused lines are there for another visit.

Ask the child to choose a 68 they would keep on the stampbook display. Let them tell what makes it readable, whether the spacing after 6 or the height of 8. Start the next session from the child's own observation.

Other ways to prepare for the 68 lesson

Return to smaller figures with the pencil-control path worksheet before 68. To plan a different turn for the stampbook group, choose the introductory 1–10 tracing set or bring in a mixed set of single-digit models and talk about what a numeral reports in that activity.

The stampbook setting can borrow a turn-taking idea from family play at NAEYC. A PBS KIDS for Parents activity may also give SIXTY-EIGHT a new use as a sign.

Open and print the 68 PDF

Use the free download to get the original 68 PDF. The member option for SIXTY-EIGHT provides a clean sheet without the website watermark or ads. Sign into an eligible plan to use it.

In the print dialog, use US Letter portrait for 68. Make a single test copy to see the pale SIXTY-EIGHT guides and the complete frame. Switch to standard quality if the dotted numeral is too faint.

The $8 collection includes 68 as page 68. Open it from the package card when you want to continue from the stampbook activity to other numbered sheets through 100.