Addition to 10 activities for your kindergarten math centers! WOW, there are 20+ of them! The Addition to 10 | Kindergarten Math Centers pack for your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten math centers gets every child excited to learn about addition with a wide variety of hands-on activities, from clip cards and puzzles to number bonds, number lines, grid games and Bump! games.

Children add with pictures and ten-frames, find missing addends with number bonds and brick towers and match facts for +1, +2 and making 10. A number bond is a simple diagram that shows a whole number and the two parts that make it. All activities are provided in both color and black and white, so you can enjoy this pack no matter what your printing abilities are.

With this addition to 10 pack, you get

• 20+ hands-on addition activities for kindergarten math centers
• Clip cards, link-ups, puzzles and roll and cover sets
• Missing addend practice with number bonds, brick towers and number lines
• Matching games, Bump! games and grid games for partner practice
• Every activity in color and in black and white

Print your favorites and your addition centers are ready to go!

What's Included

• 20+ addition to 10 activities, each in color and in black and white:
  • Addition within 10 Clip Cards
  • Missing Addend Number Bond Cards
  • Missing Addend Brick Towers
  • Addition Link-Ups
  • Addition Clip Cards
  • 3 Matching Games (+1, +2 and Making 10)
  • 2 Bump! Games
  • 3 Addition Grid Games
  • Missing Addend with Number Lines
  • 3 Roll and Cover Sets
  • Equals/Does Not Equal
  • 2 Puzzle Sets
  • 2 Roll, Show, Add Sets

Why Teachers Love It

• A full unit of addition centers: With 20+ activities, you have fresh addition practice for whole-group, small-group and center time.
• Hands-on and visual: Ten-frames, brick towers, number bonds and number lines help children see how two parts make a whole.
• Built-in levels: Matching games for +1, +2 and making 10 let you match each child's level.
• Plenty of game play: Bump! games, grid games and roll and cover sets keep addition practice playful.
• Print-friendly: Every activity comes in color and in black and white.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Addition within 10: Children solve addition problems with sums up to 10.
• Modeling addition: Pictures, ten-frames and brick towers help children show each problem.
• Missing addends: Number bonds, brick towers and number lines ask children to find the missing part.
• Making 10: A matching game helps children find pairs of numbers that make 10.
• Understanding the equal sign: The equals/does not equal activity asks children to decide if both sides of an equation have the same value.
• Fact practice: Matching games for +1 and +2 give lots of quick, repeated practice.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Following directions
• Using mathematical language
• Making and checking predictions
• Working independently
• Waiting during group play

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the activities you want for the week and print them in color or in black and white.

Step 2: Model a few addition problems with the whole group or a small group using counters, ten-frames or a number line.

Step 3: Move the clip cards, puzzles, matching games, grid games and roll and cover sets into your math centers. Rotate in new activities to keep the practice fresh.

Easy Differentiation

Kindergarteners come to addition with different levels of confidence. These activities are easy to adjust so every child can grow.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with the +1 matching game before moving on to +2
• Use counters or cubes to act out every problem
• Keep a ten-frame nearby as a visual model
• Work through a few clip cards together before children try them on their own

For On-Level Practice

• Complete the addition clip cards and link-ups in centers
• Play the matching games and Bump! games with a partner
• Put together the puzzle sets
• Use the Roll, Show, Add sets

For an Extra Challenge

• Play the Making 10 matching game
• Find missing addends with the number bond cards, brick towers and number lines
• Explain why an equation does or does not show equal values
• Tell an addition story to match a problem

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Practice math words such as plus, add, equals and in all
• Use a short sentence frame such as "___ and ___ make ___."
• Use the clip cards and brick towers for fine motor practice
• Print in black and white for a less busy page
• Give extra processing time and model each activity first

Perfect For

• Kindergarten math centers
• Small groups
• Partner games
• RTI and intervention
• Early finishers
• Math review
• Substitute plans
• Homeschool

Standards

These addition activities support kindergarten and 1st grade math standards in Common Core, the TEKS (Math, adopted 2012) and the Virginia Math SOL (2023):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.OA.A.1: Represent addition with objects, fingers, drawings and equations.
• CCSS K.OA.A.2: Add within 10, using objects or drawings to show the problem.
• CCSS K.OA.A.3: Decompose numbers up to 10 into pairs in more than one way, as with number bonds.
• CCSS K.OA.A.4: For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to it.
• CCSS 1.OA.D.7: Understand the meaning of the equal sign by deciding if equations are true or false.
• CCSS 1.OA.D.8: Find the unknown number in an addition equation, as with missing addends.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math K.3.A: Model the action of joining to represent addition.
• TEKS Math K.2.I: Compose and decompose numbers up to 10 with objects and pictures.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.CE.1.d: Compose and decompose numbers up to 10 in more than one way.
• VA SOL Math K.CE.1.e: Find the number that makes 10 when added to a given number.

Add the Addition to 10 | Kindergarten Math Centers pack to your cart and have 20+ hands-on addition activities ready for your math block. Print, play and watch your kindergarteners build addition confidence one center at a time!

This pack is part of the Year Long Kindergarten Math Growing Bundle: Check out the Year Long Kindergarten Math Growing Bundle here

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