Addition Concepts - Addition Games and Activities

This download includes some great games for your students to practice addition concepts! The games and concepts are detailed and shown in the preview. There are 5 different games/activities.

This includes:

Lady bug Addition - Students count the lady bugs and match the card to its number sentence card - There will be 8 matches

Spin and Add - Students use a paperclips to spin two numbers. They add them together to find the sum and record it on the recording sheet

Jiggle and Drop - You will need 2 sided counters and a small cup. Students place 10 counters in the cup then jiggle it and drop them out. They record the red and yellow sides on the recording sheet and then write the sum.

Add in Any Order - 8 sets of cards included. Students will find the two number sentences that go together to match the sum. This is an introduction to commutative property.

I Build it You Build it - This is a more challenging game. You will need two different color counters. Students pick a card from the stack and create a link to go with that number as the sum, then the partner builds the other number sentence to go with it. For example, if a student picks up the card with a 5, that student could build a link with 2 yellow counters and 3 blue counters. Then their partner would make a link with 3 yellow and 2 blue. They would write 2+3=5 and 3+2=5 on the recording sheet.

Check out my worksheets to go with these center/activity games!

Addition Concepts Chapter 1 First Grade Worksheets

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