Free Addition Roll & Make Mats
A great hands-on math mat for kids to work on addition. The addition roll and make mat is a great way to work on math facts with kids.
The addition mat has writing the addition equation and building the addition equation to help kids see and learn addition. It works great for addition facts from 1 to 20.
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This is a great addition to the addition printables on the site.
What is Addition?
Addition is defined as adding something to something else. So that is adding different things together.
This is where kids learn one plus one equals 2 or 1 + 1 = 2. You start on simple and work up to more complex math.
There are many ways to work on addition. And this addition roll and make mat works on adding two numbers together and seeing how you add them together.
It is recommended to print on cardstock
You also have some recording sheets that allow kids to write down the equations they make on the mat. There are two recording sheets on one page.
Things to use with the Free Addition Roll & Make Mats Printable
- printer
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- dry erase markers
- 6-sided double dice
- 10 Sided Double Dice
- 12-Sided Double Dice
- number writing dice
- sheet protectors
- pencil
Ways to Use the Free Addition Roll & Make Mats Printable
You are going to see the steps that we used with the addition roll and make mats. You can have fun while working on addition with these mats.
Setting up the Addition Roll & Make Mat
You are set up the addition roll and make mat with items to count with, dice or die, and dry eraser markers. You want to laminate or put the addition mat in a sheet protector.
We use the sheet protector a lot because it is easy to switch out different pages or store the pages in a binder. If you don’t have a dice you can grab one from the number writing dice.
Rolling the Dice for the Roll & Make Mat
You roll the die two times. You put the two numbers into the first equation with a dry eraser marker.
This helps keep track of what you rolled.
Filling out the Addition Equations
Then you fill out both equations of the mat and solve them. You can see that the second equation has the number switch to show that they still add up to the same number no matter the order they are on the addition equation.
Building the Addition Equations
The final step is building the equations with items. You can see we used unifix cubes for this. But you can use clear counters, mini erasers, playdough, or even LEGO.
You just need to make sure you have enough of two items to match the top number on the die.
Using Dice in Dice with the Addition Roll & Make Mat
You can also make it easy and do one single roll with the dice in dice. You will find there are three types of dice in dice. You have a 6-sided double dice, 10 Sided Double Dice, and 12-Sided Double Dice
You can see how the dice look linked up with each other.
Pick the die you are going to use. Roll the die and see that you get two numbers at the same time. Super easy for kids to do just one roll and have both numbers there. Then fill out the addition mat like above.
Using The Recording Sheet with the Addition Roll & Make Mat
You also have a recording sheet with the mat. This is an easy way to see what equations the kids do on the mat.
What you will find in the Free Addition Roll & Make Mats
- 11 different colored addition mats
- Area to roll dice
- Two types of equations to write
- Record sheet to record dice rolls
- 11 pages
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Addition 1 to 10 Playdough Mats has a page for each nubmer to work on adding up to that number with a number line math equations and spots for building the numbers.
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Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com