Addition for Kids: Simple Sums with Animals

About Addition for Kids

This addition for kids is designed for first sums: single-digit operations whose result is no higher than 10. A sum appears on screen along with a row of cute animals, each with a number underneath. When your little one taps the animal with the correct result, it starts to spin. The goal is to get them all spinning to move up a level. If you're looking for more activities like this, check out our addition and subtraction games.

Since they're simple sums and very visual, they work both for the last year of preschool and for review in first grade. Each animal's spin works as a small instant reward: the child sees right away that they got it right, without waiting for an adult to check, and that encourages them to keep adding a little longer. They're easy sums, yes, but repeating them many times is exactly what builds the foundation of arithmetic.

How do you play Addition for Kids?

1. Read the sum at the bottom of the screen.
2. Work out the answer; you can use your fingers to help.
3. Tap the animal whose number matches the answer.
4. Once all the animals are spinning, you'll move on to the next level.

Addition for Kids controls

PC

• Mouse click: choose the animal with the answer

Mobile and tablet

• Screen tap: tap the correct animal

What do you learn in Addition for Kids?

• The idea of addition as putting quantities together.
• The combinations that make 10 (1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7…), the basis of later mental math.
• Recognize and read numbers from 0 to 10.
• Attention and hand-eye coordination when finding the number among several animals.

Recommended for ages 5 and up, ideal as a preschool addition game and for first graders.

Tips for playing better: Addition for Kids

• Start with the bigger number: in 2 + 7 it's easier to start at 7 and count two more (8, 9) than the other way around.
• Learn the “friends of 10”: the pairs that add up to 10 come up often, so it's worth knowing them by heart.
• Adding 0 changes nothing: 6 + 0 is still 6, a quick win.
• For parents and teachers: let children count on their fingers at first; speed will come naturally with practice.

Addition for Kids FAQ

Additional information: Addition for Kids

Game type: Educational, math, addition
Recommended age: Ages 5 to 7 (preschool and 1st grade)
Technology: HTML5
Platform: Web browser (PC, tablet and mobile)

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