Nursery maths · lesson 19 of 24 · free

Addition with pictures — Nursery and KG maths

Adding means putting together. Your child sees two groups of pictures — 2 bananas and 1 more banana — and counts them all, up to 10. Small stories (“You have 3 oranges. You get 4 more.”) and the + sign are used with pictures to count on.

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How to teach it

Put together and count all — “adding means putting two groups together and counting them all”

  1. Count the first group: 2.
  2. Count on for the second group: 3.
  3. The last number is the answer: 2 + 1 = 3.

Use it for: Adding small things at home — sweets, toys, spoons — and getting ready for sums in Class 1.

Worked example: 🍌🍌 + 🍌 = ? → 3

  1. Count the first group: 2. Then count on for the second group: 3.
  2. 2 and 1 make 3.

Check: 2 and 1 more make 3 ✓

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Grown-ups: read the question aloud (or tap 🔊), let your child count the pictures with a finger, then tap the answer together.

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