Summer Addition Worksheet for Preschoolers: Counting and Adding Fun!

How to use this worksheet

Point to the first group of pictures and count them aloud together, then do the same for the second group before looking at the total. Encourage your child to count all the pictures in both groups from the very beginning — 1, 2, 3 across both — rather than trying to add the two numbers in their head. Write the total number after the equals sign only once they've counted out loud and are confident in the number.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Crayons

Extension activities

• 1Use real snacks — two crackers plus three crackers — and let your child eat the 'answer' after counting.
• 2Draw two small groups of suns or beach balls on paper and count the combined total together.
• 3Play an addition game with dice: roll two dice and count all the dots together.
• 4Build two towers of blocks, push them together, and count the combined tower.
• 5Practice 'one more' by adding a single object to a small group and recounting the new total.