Learning Outcomes
Picture groups → counting two groups for addition → child finds the total by combining quantities shown in the pictures.
The worksheet → adding by counting objects, not digits → child practices one-to-one counting while building number sense.
Parent and child together → using picture totals → child gets ready for subtraction ideas by understanding “more” and “all.”
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Learn numbers, counting, and early number sense through simple examples
Picture Addition and Subtraction Worksheet
The worksheet practices addition for preschoolers by asking the child to add two groups of objects together, counting the pictures instead of using digits.
Counting pictures helps at age 3 because children learn quantity through real viewing and touching, not symbols. Many parents also try to rush to number writing, and that can make young kids stall when they feel like they are “supposed to know” the answer right away.
Use this page together by doing two slow counts. First, point to the first picture group and count out loud. Then, point to the second group and count out loud again, and finally count all the pictures together to find the total.
This worksheet is useful because it stays concrete with objects-in-a-scene counting, so families can check thinking without doing paper-and-pencil math. The page also builds the adding-together idea that supports later subtraction thinking, like taking away a smaller group from a whole.
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