Make Ten Ten Frame Worksheet

Kids can know the counting words and still pause when they need two numbers to make ten. This one-page Make Ten worksheet keeps the work small and clear, with ten-frame models for three and seven, nine and one, and four and six. The writing fields give your child a place to record each total of ten after looking closely at the model.

This page is a good fit when a first grader can count up to ten, recognize the numerals on the page, and stay with a short pencil task. The ten-frame layout gives a visual check, so the numbers are not floating by themselves. They can count one part, count the other part, then read the pair as a whole group of ten.

Sit beside them for the first problem and ask, “What part do you see first?” and “What goes with it to make ten?” If they guess, point back to the frame and count together. For a little subtraction connection, you can say, “If ten is the whole and three is one part, what is the other part?” Keep it light and let the model do some of the helping.

When the three items feel comfortable, try a story context so the same thinking shows up in a new way. This addition and subtraction story worksheet helps connect number parts to simple situations, and another little math stories page gives extra mixed practice after the ten-frame work.