Make Ten Ten Frames Worksheet

Six-year-olds can know their numbers and still stall when a page asks them to make 10. This printable keeps the work small and concrete with three ten-frame models: 9 and 1, 3 and 7, and 5 and 5. Your child looks at each frame, sees the two parts, and uses the writing fields to record the make-ten fact.

This is a good fit when a kindergartner can count objects up to 10 and is beginning to connect groups with written numbers. If counting every filled space still happens, that is okay. The frame gives a clear stopping point, so you can gently ask, “How many are filled? How many more make 10?”

The practice works because the same total appears in three different part pairs. Children can count, compare the two parts, and notice that a full ten-frame always means 10. For extra practice with the same idea in a part-part-total format, try the Make Ten Number Bonds Worksheet; it helps children see the partners for 10 without the ten-frame layout.

Sit nearby and let your child point, count, and say the fact out loud before writing. If a number is reversed or a count is off, go back to the frame together instead of erasing right away. When these three combinations feel comfortable, the Little Math Stories Addition and Subtraction Worksheet is a helpful next step because it puts addition and subtraction thinking into short story problems.