Happy Number 9 With Falling Leaves

A big, round number 9 with a surprised, smiling face takes up most of the page. It has wide eyes with shiny highlights, two curved eyebrows, and a small open mouth above the hole in the middle of the number. Its tail curls out at the bottom left. Along the right side, seven leaves of different sizes sit in a loose column, each one tilted a little differently and drawn with a center vein and small side veins. The thick, clean outlines make this easy for small hands to color. Since there are seven leaves next to a nine, you could count them out loud together, then have kids color the leaves in autumn shades and talk about how many more it would take to match the number on the page. This printable is a good fit for preschool number practice.