How to teach Maths, Addition at home 5 year old

[Jessgirl44]

Hi everyone,
I was wondering how to teach addition to a 5 year old ? What tricks/methods did you use to introduce the concept of addition to children in Reception ? Thanks

Have you tried using little objects? 3 paw patrol figurines plus 1 more paw patrol figurines = 4 paw patrol figurines?
We have 2 tins of beans in the cupboard, if we buy another pack of 3 beans we’ll have 5 tins of beans in the cupboard.
Or you can use a number line. A ruler works well. 6 + 3 =? So start at six then count out three more stops on the number line and you should get to 9.

My son loved the show NumberBlocks.

the first thing to understand is that they have to grasp the idea/concept of addtion before you can write anything on a page.

So it is all about practical maths.
Have a box of toy cars. Get them to pick up 4 cars, count to check they have 4. (make sure they can count correctly, not count 4 cars as 5 cars,) Then hand then 2 more cars and ask how many have you got now?

All the time using maths sentences
you have 4 cars if I give you 2 MORE how many do you have now?
If you had 3 more cars how many would you have all together? etc etc

Do the same with subtraction. - how many would you have left if you give me 3 cars?

Do it all the time with everything. - There are 2 plates on the table we need one more - how many now?
I have 3 spoons and there are 5 in the drawer, how many all together.
If you have 3 sweets and I give you 4 more, how many sweets would you have etc etc

Start with number up to 5, then 10. Don't go beyond 10 until they are really confident doing it up to 10.

Once they are confident to count add numbers to 10, then you can add the written numbers.
Make number cards 1-10
match written numbers with the correct quantity ( 3 pieces of lego on the 3) then add the + sign and do simple sums, but alwyas have concrete items there too, so 3+2 = but you have 3 pieces of lego and 2 pieces of lego. Then move the pieces over to the = and count how many all together and add the number card.

I'm currently teaching my 3 year old to do simple additions and substations. There are plenty of activity books for children that age and they're very affordable

Seconding PP that mentions Numberblocks (available on iplayer, or you can buy DVDs).

My 3 eldest have all loved it. It's very good at teaching the concepts of maths in a concrete way, so it's understanding rather than rote learning. We also got the mathlink numberblocks 1-10 set. It has activity cards to go with each episode - so you watch the episode, then get out the card and the blocks and go over what they learnt in the episode e.g. number bonds of 5.

A (free, online) game that I would also recommend is Teach Your Monster Numberskills. Again, it's visual and conceptual rather than rote learning. It focuses mainly on counting, subitising and addition, but because it's rooted in understanding my 3 have all been able to apply subtraction really quickly.

You can also get workbooks to back up learning once they are gaining confidence , or if they find writing a bit slow and you dont want that to be a distraction fromthemaths then get a set of flash cards.