Christmas Ten Frames Task Cards

Sneak in some Christmas Math for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten children with these Christmas Ten Frames cards. Print the pdf file with free Christmas printables. Each math task card has prompt to help students Add or Subtract within 5 using a 10 frame. Use Christmas candy like gumdrops, skittles, or peppermint candies as a hands-on manipulate for Christmas Addition and Christmas Subtraction to 5 this December holiday season.

Christmas Ten Frames

I can’t believe that Christmas time is here. It is one of my favorite seasons. I love the excitement that Christmas holds, and it is always fun to add Christmas to your learning time. One goal for kindergartners is that they be able to add within five. Before we can expect them to memorize these facts, we must provide them with hand on experience so they understand what adding is. This Christmas Ten Frames activity allows preschoolers and kindergartens to practice adding and subtracting within 5 using these Christmas Math Worksheets.

Free Christmas Math Worksheets

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save the freebie and print the template.

Christmas Math

First, Print off printables in color on cardstock or laminate for durability. Next, carefully use scissors to cut apart the task cards. Finally, gather up Gum Drops or Christmas Gingerbread Erasers as a Christmas counting tool.

Now, comes the time for some fun Christmas learning.

Free Christmas Printables

Some children just get adding and subtracting. You can hand them the task cards, and they will know exactly what to do.

Others little ones need a little support. And here are a few ways you can help!

1. For adding, provide them with two different colors of gum drops or two different erasers. Then have them look at the first numbers, and place that many down in the ten frame. Next, have them look at the second number, and use a different color to put that number in the ten frames. Finally, have them count the erasers or Gum Drops.
2. Subtraction, of course, is a little different. Just like addition, the children use the first number to figure out how many Gum Drops to place in the ten frame. Now, things are a little different. The children use the second number and take that many gum drops away. They finish up, by counting the Gum Drops that are left.

Kindergarten Christmas math

Once children have a good understanding of how to add and subtract it is important to give them multiple opportunities to practice their new skill.

I’m a big component of games. When we hand out a worksheet our goal is to have children practice a certain skill over and over.. Most worksheets aren’t a lot of fun for children. But we can have children practice skills by putting out a game. The children are having fun, and if we choose the game well, skills are being used repeatedly.

If you are looking for games to help children master adding and subtracting within five, you might want to try some of these.

• Adding and Subtracting Within Five Board Game
• Adding and Subtracting WIthin Five Bingo

Christmas Math

And if you’re looking for other Christmas themed math practice, check out the FREE “12 Days of Christmas Math” which includes math activities and games for Kindergarten through Algebra!

• Roll and Cover Christmas Math for Preschoolers
• Christmas Connect the Dots (counting to 10 or 15)
• Count to 20 Christmas Playdough Mats
• Pack of Christmas Dot to Dot Worksheets (counting 1-50)
• Free Christmas Fact Families with addition and subtraction practice
• Free Christmas Hundreds Chart Coloring Worksheets (counting to 100)
• Twas the Night Before Christmas Printables Count to 10 Booklet
• Stringing Lights Christmas Math Activities learning Patterns with playdough
• Christmas Counting Cookies Clip Cards
• Cut and Paste Christmas Math Worskheets reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Solve & Stamp: Christmas Math Worksheets (addition/subtraction)
• Fun Christmas Skip Counting Puzzles
• Christmas Cut and Paste Shape Worksheets
• Counting Christmas Cookies Christmas Playdough Mats
• Christmas Color by Number – color by addition and subtraction
• Christmas Greater Than Less Than Worksheets
• Decorate a Christmas tree with math – Christmas Word Problems
• Bingo Dauber Christmas Math Worksheets
• Christmas Skip Counting Worksheets
• Decorate the Math Christmas Tree  by solving equations adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
• 20 Amazing Christmas STEM Activities
• Christmas Number Tracing Printables