Addition Fun: Counting and Adding Worksheet for Kids
This worksheet builds foundational addition skills by having children count two separate groups of objects and then combine those counts to find a total sum. For ages 4-6, grounding addition in physical counting of pictured objects, rather than abstract numbers alone, helps children understand that addition means putting two groups together to make a bigger group.
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Month 6: Holistic early learning activities | Ages 5-6
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- Topic:
- Addition
- Skill:
- Addition Basics (Addition): Add numbers within 10.
- Pack:
- Page 16 of 30 in Month 6: Holistic early learning activities | Ages 5-6.
How to use this worksheet
Look at the first addition problem together, counting the objects in the first group aloud and then counting the objects in the second group separately. Have your child add the two counts together, using fingers or counting all the objects together if needed, to find the total. Have your child write that sum in the box provided. Continue through each remaining addition problem, counting each group, adding them together, and writing the total.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Eraser
Extension activities
- 1Use small toys or snacks to physically act out each addition problem before writing the total.
- 2Create new addition problems by drawing two small groups of shapes and asking your child to combine and count them.
- 3Play an addition dice game, rolling two dice and adding the total number of dots shown.
- 4Practice combining groups using two different colored sets of counters to visually separate the two amounts being added.
- 5Make up simple word problems, like 'you have 3 apples and get 2 more, how many now?' for your child to solve.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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