Free Printable Addition Within 10 Worksheets for Kids

How to play

1. Download the worksheet set and print the pages on A4 paper. Printing on one side keeps the sums easy to read.
2. Give your child a pencil and some crayons. Let them count the pictures in each box out loud before writing the answer.
3. Work through one page at a time, starting with the picture sums and moving to the number sums.
4. Check the answers together, colour the last page, and praise the effort rather than the speed.

While colouring and counting, your child is building real number sense. They learn that addition means putting two groups together, that the total is always bigger than each part, and that 3 + 4 gives the same answer as 4 + 3. Counting pictures strengthens one-to-one correspondence, while the number sentences introduce the plus and equals signs in a familiar way. Writing the answers also gives useful pencil-control practice. Short sessions of ten to fifteen minutes work best at this age. Finishing a page gives children a clear sense of success, which keeps them happy to come back to maths tomorrow.