Picture Sums

The first sums a child writes, drawn as pictures. Adding puts two groups of the same picture side by side with a plus between them; taking away shows one group with some pictures crossed out, or leaves the crossing out to the child. Doubles show two equal groups. Pictures sit in rows of five, like a ten-frame, so a group of eight reads as five and three. Choose how far the sums go (up to 5, 10 or 20), whether the child writes only the answer or every number, and add a number line under each sum for the hops. The pictures come from the theme you pick, and the answer key fills in every box.

Age

ages 3–7

Answer key

Included, free

Skills

countingarithmetic

What you can change

• Sums

  Add, Take away, Mixed, Doubles

• Biggest number

  3–20

• How many sums

  2–8 sums

• The child writes

  The answer, Every number

• The child crosses out

• Number line under each sum

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.