Addition with Trees — Kindergarten

Two questions take turns down this sheet. One row asks how many oaks, pines and a palm there are altogether when a group is joined to a written number; the next shows the whole and one part, and asks what the other part must be to make it. Counting up to a total and breaking a total back into parts are two sides of the same understanding, and meeting both with the same pictured trees helps five- and six-year-olds see how they fit together.

Long before number facts are memorised, kindergartners lean on strategies they can see — counting on to join two amounts, and finding how many more make a total. Practising both with the same trees builds those strategies side by side, so a child meets the make-ten move and simple adding as two tools for the same small numbers rather than as separate, disconnected drills.

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