Example 1
🍎🍎 + 🍎🍎🍎 = ?
- Put the apples together.
- Count them all: 5.
Answer: 5
🧸 British maths, age 5 · session 5 of 26 · 45 minutes · ⭐ Plus
Adding by counting on
Put two groups together and count how many. Then learn the quick way: start at the bigger number and count on.
A complete lesson · 45 minutes
Teach it, see it, practise it, all on this page.
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- Warm-up4 min
- Putting together8 min
- Counting on8 min
- Stories7 min
- Activity 15 min
- Activity 25 min
- Activity 34 min
- Picture quiz3 min
- Home activity1 min
By the end you can
- Add two small groups by counting all
- Add by counting on from the bigger number
- Solve simple adding stories
Before you start
- Counting to 20
- One more
Have ready
- Counters
- Two dice
Age 5 · Reception and Year 1 (UKG)
Warm-up · think first
You have 2 apples and I give you 3 more. How many apples do you have?
Show the answer
5. Put them together and count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Teacher tip: Use real apples or toys.
Part 1 of 3 · learn, see, practise
Putting together
Adding means putting groups together and counting how many there are altogether.
We write it with + and =: 2 + 3 = 5.
Example 2
3 + 1 = ?
- 3 and one more.
- 4.
Answer: 4
Practise it
Start with the warm-up and go as far as you can. The stretch questions are meant to be hard.
Warm-up
Warm-up
Core
Core
Stretch 🔥
Answers (for the teacher)
- 3
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 12
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- Part 2: Counting on, with practice at three levels
- Part 3: Adding stories, with practice at three levels
- Class activity 1: Dice adding
- Class activity 2: Sweet shop
- Class activity 3: Doubles
- A 8-question quiz
- After-class project: Adding stories book
- Homework and a printable practice sheet with answers
- Teach mode and the minute-by-minute teacher's plan
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FAQ
Adding by counting on: questions
How do you teach addition to a 5-year-old?
First by putting groups together and counting all, then by starting at the bigger number and counting on with a number line.
What adding should a Year 1 child know?
Adding numbers within 20, including number bonds and doubles, using + and = signs.
Why use pence in sums?
Coins make maths real. British coins (1p, 2p, 5p, 10p) are a good way to practise adding small numbers.
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