Activities to introduce addition

This works on the very basic 1+1, 1+2, 2+2, 1+3 using play dough, Numicon and fun games. It also introduces the number sentence.

Resources to download

Cards 0 to 10 and number sentence cards, +, -, =

1. Hands on addition

There is no particular order to these:

Applying number bonds knowledge to larger numbers.

Using knowledge of 2+2 to perform 20+20 or 32+2 etc.

Notes and worksheets to download.

Teaching addition/subtraction by counting on

Notes on how to introduce addition by counting on and

lots of worksheets to help practice the skill.

Adding/subtracting using columns

Notes on how to teach adding and subtracting using

hundreds/tens/ones columns and then apply to a

number lline.

Doubles

Brief notes on teaching doubles.

Using a calculator

Brief notes on using a calculator (calculator on phone).

3. Adding/subtracting beyond 10

Working to learn the numbers that add together to make 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10 and use them in problems.

Worksheets to teach number bonds to 10, from 1+1 up to pairs that make 10 (1+9, 2+8, 3+7, 4+6, 5+5)
Worksheets to condolidate bonds to 10 (+ and -)
Little books of problems to apply number bonds to 10