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With Christmas just around the corner, it’s been fun brainstorming and prepping some hands-on holiday-themed learning activities like these free Gingerbread Addition Mats. Use them with real gumdrops (yum!) or even use play dough, unifix cubes, or fun Christmas erasers as counters. Any way that you choose to play, this is a great activity for building addition skills within 10!

*Pair with our Gingerbread Centers & Activities for Pre-K & Kindergarten!

These free Gingerbread Addition Mats are a fun way to work on addition to 10 in Kindergarten and make a great Christmas math center!

Gingerbread Addition Mats

These gingerbread addition mats would be the perfect addition to your math centers and preparation for this activity is so simple. Your students will love it!

To get these gingerbread mats ready, simply print them out on cardstock and laminate them. This way kids can write with a dry erase marker, erase, and play again.

To prep, simply print the addition mats on cardstock and laminate them so kids can write with a dry erase marker.

How to Play

I decided to give my students real gumdrops to play with. I recommend giving each one their own cup of gumdrops so when they are all done they can eat them!

Or, you can have a designated bowl of gumdrops NOT for eating. I find that most kids will respect the “no eating” rule because they don’t want to lose the privilege of playing with the math mats.

We used two different color gumdrops to build the equations and show that two separate sets are being combined to form a new total.

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We used two different color gumdrops to build the equations. This provides a good visual that two separate sets are being combined to form a new total.

If we had 3+2. We put out 3 green gumdrops and 2 red gumdrops.

How many gumdrops in all? We have 5! So we wrote 5 in the box with our dry erase marker.

We then cleared off our math mat and grabbed another to solve!

Writing with dry erase markers and using real gumdrops makes these addition mats super fun.

These addition mats are sure to add tons of fun into your math lessons this holiday season!

Grab Your FREE Copy

Ready to start adding gumdrops? Get your free set of Gingerbread Addition Mats by clicking the large, yellow download button at the very bottom of the post!

More Gingerbread Fun

Be sure to check out these 20 awesome gingerbread activities for kids from some of my favorite kid bloggers too!

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Gingerbread Math – Making Five // Mrs. Jones’ Creation Station

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Science Christmas Ornaments: Long Lasting Gingerbread Ornaments // Schooling a Monkey

Initial Sound Gingerbread Puzzles // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Decorate a Gingerbread Man Art Activity // Mom Inspired Life

Gingerbread Addition Mats // The Kindergarten Connection

Gingerbread Coverall Games // Recipe for Teaching

Gingerbread Man Counting Cards // Sara J Creations

Gingerbread Pre-Writing Strips // The Kindergarten Connection

Gingerbread Clip Cards // Fun With Mama

Gingerbread 2D Shape Match and Count // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Gingerbread Play Dough // Play and Learn Everyday

Gingerbread House Building STEM // Science Kiddo

Gingerbread Ten Frame Counting Mats // Modern Preschool

Gingerbread Man Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy

Gingerbread Man Sight Word Game // Playdough to Plato

Gingerbread Man Stamping // Simple Play Ideas

Gingerbread Number Line Addition to 12 // Fairy Poppins

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Alex is a Transitional Kindergarten teacher with a passion for making learning fun and engaging. She's earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education, and Masters Degrees in Special Education and Curriculum Design. Alex is a former night owl turned early bird and playful learning enthusiast. Alex lives with her husband and their beloved and high-energy cat, Fitz.
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