Maths
Kindergarten Addition Worksheets
Adding within 10, written across the page, with plenty of room to count on fingers.
Four steps
How to print kindergarten addition worksheets
- 1
Check the range
Opens at 1 to 10, which suits this stage. Move it if one child needs something different.
- 2
Set how many
24 questions a page by default. Fewer for a younger child.
- 3
Keep or drop the key
The answer key prints as its own page.
- 4
Shuffle if you want another
A new sheet at the same settings, so no two children get the same one.
- 5
Print or save as PDF
Plain paper is fine.
Why this range, and why this layout
The range stops at 10 because that is the whole of the kindergarten addition curriculum, and because a child who can still count the answer on their fingers is doing exactly what they should be doing at this stage. Three columns and eight rows keeps it to 24 questions, which is about as long as a five year old will stay with a worksheet.
Before you print this one
Count reliably to 20 and recognise the written numerals. Writing the answer matters less than saying it, so it is fine to scribe for them at first.
On the layout
Sums are written across the page rather than stacked, because column addition is a later skill that needs place value first. Reading "3 + 4 =" left to right is the same direction as reading, which is the point.
When to move on
When the answers come without counting on fingers, move up to adding within 20. That is the jump where sums start crossing ten and a new strategy is needed, so expect it to feel harder for a while even though the child has just got faster.
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