Addition with Toys — Kindergarten

This sheet asks the child to add on some rows and to find a part on others, all with the same friendly toys. Adding means counting a group of balls, blocks and a teddy and a written number into one total; finding a part means looking at a total with one piece shown and working out what completes it, just like making ten. Going back and forth keeps the focus on what the numbers mean rather than on a single repeated step.

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 toys concrete while the ideas grow.

Children who like toys 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 trees, or try addition with accessories. You can also browse every addition worksheet or the whole toys collection for kindergarten — each sheet prints cleanly in black and white or plays online for free.