Number 17 — seventeen. The all-straight-lines teen — a 1 and a 7 — with seventeen hearts in three rows of five plus two. Trace, write it yourself, and trace the word seventeen to finish.
Seventeen is the all-straight-lines teen: a 1 followed by a 7, just flat tops and diagonal slides, with no curves anywhere. It is a restful sheet after the loopy 16 and sets up the curvy 18. Seventeen hearts sit in rows of five, five, five, and two — three full rows and a small remainder that keeps the count honest past fifteen.
Extension: play a counting scavenger hunt — find seventeen of something in the room, like seventeen books, chairs, or floor tiles. Then draw seventeen hearts as a bunting banner across the top margin of a blank page, counting each heart as it is hung.
