From pictures to numbers
Young children understand addition as putting groups together long before they can work with symbols alone. Picture problems keep that meaning in front of them: two groups to count, then the same problem written as a number sentence. When they count confidently, switch to Numbers only.
Three steps up
- Within 5. Small groups children can see at a glance.
- Within 10. The facts that make ten, the base of later mental math.
- Within 20. Adding to and taking from teen numbers.
Ready for more? The addition and subtraction worksheets go on to two- and three-digit numbers.
Common Core standards
- K.OA.A.1Show addition and subtraction with objects and drawings.
- K.OA.A.2Add and subtract within 10 using objects or drawings.
- 1.OA.C.6Add and subtract within 20.
Summaries in our own words; see the Common Core State Standards for the full text.
