To introduce the concept of addition, children must learn to first join groups. I rely on the sight words 'and' & 'is' to help with this concept. Kids are used to reading pattern sentences with sight words in reading and writing so the following number sentence frame is a natural bridging step.
" ____ and ____ is ____"
as well as
" ____ is ____ and ____"
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| Beginning Addition in Kindergarten with sight words |
Pictured above is a collage of bulletin board activities to help reinforce the joining groups concept. Here are the close up shots.
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| 6 Flowers is 2 red flowers and 4 orange flowers |
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| 3 red fish and 2 blue fish is 5 fish all together |
To download the above gum ball machine activity for FREE click here: "
Addition Unit Freebie"
We also had a laminated math center using the gum balls theme. Some kids took to it right away and others need me to go around and double check their work. Either way they love using dry erase markers.
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| Addition math centers for Kindergarten |
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| Dry erase markers Math Centers |
Within the addition unit these activities are a part of there are also plenty of no prep printables to use as homework and class seat work.
My absolute favorites are cut and paste activities.
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| Kindergarten Addition using ten frames |
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| Kindergarten Addition: Joining Groups |
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| Kindergarten Addition : Joining Groups |
If you would like to see the entire unit and perhaps purchase it for your preschool, transitional kindergarten, or kindergarten class click on the links below. It is reasonably priced and full of activities.
Click this link to see on TPT:
Beginning Addition in Kindergarten by Miss Campos 2016
For a FREEBIE version of the gum ball drawing page click here: "
Gum ball Machine Addition"
I will be working on the follow up activity real soon too. It will utilize the plus (+) and (=) symbols.
