Counting Bear Addition Cards

Learning addition can be engaging and fun! With these counting bear addition cards, practice addition and equations to 10 in a hands on, interactive way.

They are the perfect activity for classroom use, or even at home for some fun learning too!

Supplies Needed:

Counting bear addition cards (below)

Counting Bears (I love these ones with the sorting cups!)

Laminator

Dry erase markers

I first printed out the addition cards and laminated them for repeated use. This keeps them sturdy 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 time.

You can decide to put all of the cards out, or just some of them, depending on what your kids are ready for. This make 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.

My kids 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 expo markers (they erase well on the lamination) to write the equations to match.

The easy set up and process of filling in the boxes shows them how addition equations are formed and gives them a strong introduction before they move onto making their own equations later.

It was definitely a hit – plus, my kids are obsessed with counting bears! They love them (including playing with them just for fun!)

Download the Counting Bear Addition Cards

Ready to work on addition to 10? Grab your set of the counting bear addition cards below!

Then, for more practice with addition, grab our football addition game and our printable addition pack!

More Fun with Rainbow Counters!

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

Graphing with Rainbow Bears from Still Playing School

Rainbow Bears Preschool Letter Cards from Learning 2 Walk

Size Order Rainbow Bear Cards from Life Over C’s

Color and Size Sorting with Rainbow Counters from Line Upon Line Learning

Alphabet Formation Compare Bears from Adventures of Adam

Size and Color Sorting {Learning with Rainbow Bears} from Squiggles and Bubbles

Animal Counters Sensory Bin & Color Sort from Raising Little Superheroes

Color Graphing with Rainbow Bears from Schooltime Snippets

Rainbow Bears Sensory Bin from Something 2 Offer

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

Rainbow Chain Link Color Sort from Sugar Aunts

Don’t forget to use #toolsforlearning on Instagram to share your Rainbow Bear & Counter learning activities!!

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Alex

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Alex is a 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 night owl, coffee lover, and she owns more than 2,000 children’s books. Alex lives with her husband and their big black Labrador, Tank.

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