Addition with Thanksgiving — Kindergarten

Mixed practice lays adding and part-finding next to each other. On an adding row the child counts turkeys, pumpkins and a pie and a number to reach the total; on a part-finding row the total and one part are given and the child supplies the rest to make it whole. For a kindergartner, doing both with the same pictured Thanksgiving things is how the link between joining groups and breaking a number into parts first takes hold — and small totals keep every answer checkable by counting.

Putting amounts together and breaking them back into parts are the two halves of early number sense, and meeting both on one page builds the flexibility kindergartners need. Finding the part that makes a total is the make-ten thinking behind so much later arithmetic, and pairing it with straightforward adding keeps the Thanksgiving things concrete while the ideas grow.

Children who like thanksgiving 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 things that fly, or try addition with vehicles. You can also browse every addition worksheet or the whole Thanksgiving things collection for kindergarten — each sheet prints cleanly in black and white or plays online for free.