Addition with Home Things (Black & White) — Kindergarten

This kindergarten worksheet mixes two kinds of rows so the same home things keep the child thinking. On some rows a group of beds, mirrors and a teapot sits beside a written number and the child adds to find the total; on others the total is already there and one part is shown, so the child works out the part that completes it — the make-ten, find-the-part idea. Switching between adding and finding a part stops the page becoming automatic and keeps the meaning of the numbers in view.

Finding the part that completes a total is the quiet beginning of seeing how adding and taking away are linked: the same three numbers — two parts and a whole — sit behind both. Kindergartners are not asked to name that link, only to feel it by working a total from its parts and back again, and the pictured home things keep every step countable and concrete.

Children who like home things (black & white) enjoy the change of pace from row to row, and it works well for a small group ready to think in more than one direction. When the numbers feel easy, count a fresh group in addition with hospital things, or try addition with nature (black & white). You can also browse every addition worksheet or the whole home things collection for kindergarten — each sheet prints cleanly in black and white or plays online for free.