Montessori Addition and Subtraction Resources for Preschool through Early Elementary

Helping your child or students understand and learn math facts such as addition and subtraction is so much easier with Montessori materials. Every Star Is Different has some Montessori addition and subtraction printables that work perfectly with Montessori materials (purchased or DIY) for preschool through early elementary.

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Here are some very helpful math printables from Every Star Is Different:

Montessori-inspired Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats Bundle

These don’t include addition or subtraction, but if you’d like some fun activities to introduce bead bars, check out the Montessori-inspired Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats Bundle.

This contains:

• 1-10 Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats in Color
• 1-10 Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats in Black & White
• Montessori Bead Stair in Color
• Montessori Bead Stair in Black & White
• 11-19 Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats in Color
• 11-19 Math Bead Bar Play Dough Mats in Black & White

Montessori Math Bead Bar Printable Pack Bundle

Montessori Math Bead Bar Printable Pack Bundle: 192 pages

Note: You can also get the Montessori Math Bead Bar Printable Pack Bundle in Cursive.

This bundle doesn’t just include addition work. It contains:

• My Book of Numbers 1-10 in print and full color
• My Book of Numbers 1-10 in black and white with dotted lines for coloring and tracing
• My Book of Numbers 1-10 in black and white for coloring and lines to write number words
• My Book of Teen Numbers 11-19 in print and full color
• My Book of Teen Numbers 11-19 in black and white with dotted lines for coloring and tracing
• My Book of Teen Numbers 11-19 in black and white for coloring and lines to write number words
• My Book of Numbers 0-100 in print and full color
• My Book of Numbers 0-100 in black and white with dotted lines for coloring and tracing
• My Book of Numbers 0-100 in black and white for coloring and lines to write number words
• Montessori Bead Bar 1-10 Clip Cards in color
• Montessori Bead Bar 1-10 Clip Cards in black and white
• Montessori Bead Bar 11-19 Clip Cards in color
• Montessori Bead Bar 11-19 Clip Cards in black and white
• Montessori Bead Bar Addition Clip Cards in color
• Montessori Bead Bar & Numbers 0-10 Match Up Cards in color
• Montessori Bead Bar & Numbers 0-10 Match Up Cards in black and white
• Montessori Bead Bar & Numbers 11-19 Match Up Cards in color
• Montessori Bead Bar & Numbers 11-19 Match Up Cards in black and white

You’ll notice that it includes Montessori Bead Bar Addition Clip Cards in color, which are very helpful for hands-on, beginning addition work.

There are a number of ways you can use the bead bar addition clip cards. For interest and to fit with a theme, I often like to decorate the clothespins. These DIY owl clothespins took about 2 minutes to prepare! I just used owl felt stickers I had from an activity another year! There are felt stickers available for many themes! Sometimes I also use small themed buttons on clothespins like I did for our bee unit. It’s always helpful to add a color coding dot to the proper place on the back of each card as a control of error.

My bead bars, which I love, are from Alison’s Montessori. You can get bead bars on Amazon, although I haven’t personally used materials from those companies.

You can also do the traditional bead stair layout before completing the bead bar addition clip card. I used the number and symbol cards from the Montessori Addition and Subtraction Bundle to form the equation at the end. Just adapt the activity for your child’s age and ability level.

Montessori Addition and Subtraction Bundle

The Montessori Addition and Subtraction Bundle (168 pages) includes:

• Numbers and Signs for Addition
• Numbers and Signs for Subtraction
• Addition Strips
• Subtraction Strips
• 50 Static Addition Equation Cards to 9,999
• 50 Static Subtraction Equation Cards to 9,999
• 50 Dynamic Addition Equation Cards to 9,999
• 50 Dynamic Addition Equation Cards with answers in the 10,000 place values
• 50 Dynamic Subtraction Equation Cards to 9,999
• 50 Adding Three Single-Digit Numbers Cards
• 50 Static Addition with Three Multi-Digit Numbers to 9,999
• 50 Dynamic Addition with Three Multi-Digit Numbers to 9,999
• 50 Dynamic Addition with Three Multi-Digit Numbers with answers in the 10,000 place values
• 50 Static Addition with Numbers through 9,999,999
• 50 Static Subtraction with Numbers through 9,999,999
• 50 Dynamic Addition with Numbers through 9,999,999
• 50 Dynamic Subtraction with Numbers through 9,999,999
• Large Grid Paper
• Small Grid Paper

Here are just a few of the many ways you can use the bundle.

The Montessori golden bead work is amazing for helping children understand the decimal system! You can use the printables a variety of ways, but Zoey is practicing writing numerals correctly, so I used the printables for a writing activity that Zoey could take home. Here, she’s completing a 4-digit static addition problem.

My individual golden beads are from Alison’s Montessori (see my review). The wooden hundred squares and thousand cubes are actually from Nienhuis Montessori back when I owned a Montessori school in the 1980s. For some reason, I always kept those!

We also used the printables to work with 4-digit dynamic addition. If you have a child in early elementary, you can extend the work with printables in the pack for Dynamic Addition with Numbers through 9,999,999!

Zoey loves miniature books, so I made the addition strips into a mini book. The answers go from 9-18. If your child is working with dynamic addition, you can have him or her exchange 10 units for a ten bar where needed. I have a pencil for the work, although you could laminate the booklet and use an erasable crayon or marker.

This is similar except that it adds 3 single-digit numbers. There are options with or without exchanging.

Zoey loves miniature objects, so we often use a variety of objects for math work (as well as language work). We used these pandas during our panda unit. Amazon has a variety of Safari Ltd. Good Luck Minis. Some of them are reasonably priced and others are outrageously priced. A great place to get them for a reasonable price is Alison’s Montessori.

I made the subtraction strips into a mini book. These all take away 9 pandas. I have a pencil for the child to write the answers, although you could laminate the booklet and use an erasable crayon or marker.

If you’re interested in making your own bead bars or Montessori golden bead materials, check out my DIY Montessori materials post for a variety of tutorials.

More Math Printables from Every Star Is Different

You’ll find more math printables from Every Star Is Different in my review post with Montessori Multiplication and Division Resources from Every Star Is Different.

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