Counting Bear Addition Cards

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Learning addition can be engaging and fun! With these free Counting Bear Addition Cards, your students can practice addition and equations to 10 in an exciting and interactive way. I find that I can never have enough hands-on, easy-prep math activities in the classroom. Your students are sure to love this one!

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

Counting Bear Addition Cards

These addition cards are perfect for a Pre-K or Kindergarten math center. They are such a fun activity for both classroom use or even at home for some fun learning too!

Supplies

• Counting Bear Addition Cards (download below)
• Counting bears (I love these ones with the sorting cups!)
• Laminator
• Dry erase markers and erasers

How to Prep the Addition Cards

I first printed out the addition cards and laminated them for repeated use. This keeps them sturdy and reusable since I use them in our math bins during math workshop.

After cutting the cards apart I put them, along with counting bears, out for one of the activities during math centers.

You can decide to put all of the addition cards out or just some of them depending on what your kids are ready for. This makes these cards great for differentiating, as I can have some students working on addition to 5 if needed, or some going to 10 if they are ready.

How to Play

My students use the counting bears for one-to-one correspondence by matching them up to the pictures on the card. This helps them see in a more concrete way that you can put two different sets together and come up with a new total.

I then have my students use dry erase markers (they erase well on the lamination) to write the equations to match.

This activity was definitely a hit – plus, my students are obsessed with counting bears!

Grab Your FREE Copy

Ready to count some bears and work on addition to 10? Grab your free set of the counting bear addition cards by clicking the large, yellow download button at the very end of the post!

More Addition Fun with Rainbow Counters

For even more fun and games for learning with rainbow counters, check out these posts from some awesome kid bloggers!

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Animal Counters Sensory Bin & Color Sort from Raising Little Superheroes

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Counting More or Less with Farm Animal Rainbow Counters from Stir the Wonder

Rainbow Bears Addition Cards from The Kindergarten Connection

Measuring with Rainbow Bears from Mom Inspired Life

Rainbow Bear Graphing from Life Over C’s

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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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