Addition with Fruits — Kindergarten

This kindergarten sheet asks the child to add a group they can see to a number they can read. They count the apples, bananas and a pear in the picture, then count on that many more as the written number tells them, and write the total in the box. Half picture and half symbol, it is the natural step after counting two pictured groups — the child still counts to find the answer, but now one of the two amounts arrives as a numeral instead of a set of fruit.

Adding a group you can count to a number you can only read is a real milestone for a five-year-old. It is where counting-on begins — starting from the written number and carrying on through the pictured fruit — and where a child first feels that a numeral is just a quick way of writing an amount they could have laid out as objects.

Children who like fruits settle into this quickly, and it suits a calm independent task or a counting game on the board. When the numbers feel easy, count a fresh group in addition with furniture, or try addition with everyday objects. You can also browse every addition worksheet or the whole fruit collection for kindergarten — each sheet prints cleanly in black and white or plays online for free.