Corn Seed Addition Worksheet for Preschoolers

How to use this worksheet

Point to the first ear of corn and count its seeds aloud together, touching each one as you count. Do the same for the second ear of corn, keeping the totals separate in your child's mind. Ask your child to combine both totals by counting all the seeds together, or by counting on from the larger number. Have them draw that same number of seeds inside the empty bowl shown on the worksheet to record the answer.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons
• Optional: Real corn seeds

Extension activities

• 1Use real corn kernels, dried beans, or buttons to physically build and combine two small groups before writing the total.
• 2Draw two new ears of corn with different seed counts and ask your child to make up their own addition problem.
• 3Practice subtraction by eating (or removing) a few seeds from the bowl and counting what's left.
• 4String popcorn kernels or pasta onto thread in matching groups to reinforce counting by twos or fives later on.