ADDITION & SUBTRACTION WITH PICTURES
Early Maths Printable Worksheets | Numbers to 10
Make early maths easier to understand with colourful, child-friendly visual learning!
Addition & Subtraction with Pictures is a printable early maths workbook designed to help young learners build confidence with counting, quantities and simple mathematical operations through pictures.
Instead of introducing maths only through abstract numbers, the activities encourage children to look carefully at familiar objects, count them and work out their answers visually.
Milcho & Sherri accompany children throughout the workbook, making maths practice feel friendly, playful and approachable.
WHAT CHILDREN WILL PRACTISE
This printable maths resource introduces and reinforces important early numeracy skills, including:
• Counting pictures
• Recognising quantities
• Early number skills
• Simple addition
• Simple subtraction
• Numbers up to 10
• Combining groups of objects
• Finding totals
• Visual maths
• One-to-one counting
• Observation skills
• Early problem-solving
• Independent thinking
• Pencil-and-paper practice
WHAT'S INSIDE?
The resource contains 13 printable pages, including:
• Attractive themed cover featuring Milcho & Sherri
• Welcome page introducing the activities
• Progressive picture-counting worksheets
• Count the Fruits activities
• Count and Add worksheets
• Visual addition problems using familiar objects
• Answer boxes for children to record their solutions
• Encouraging final “Great Job!” page
COUNT THE FRUITS
The first activity section helps children practise counting groups of familiar fruits.
Children look carefully at each group, count the pictures and write the correct number in the answer box.
The activities gradually introduce larger groups, giving young learners repeated counting practice while helping them connect a visible quantity with its numerical value.
COUNT AND ADD
Once children have practised counting individual groups, the workbook moves into simple visual addition.
Children are shown two groups of objects separated by an addition symbol.
They count each group, combine the quantities and write the total in the answer box.
The worksheets use a variety of familiar pictures and objects, helping children understand that addition means combining quantities rather than simply memorising number facts.
VISUAL LEARNING
Picture-based maths can be particularly helpful for young learners who are beginning to understand numbers and mathematical operations.
The visual approach allows children to see the quantities in front of them, count each object and then work towards the answer.
This provides a gentle bridge between concrete counting and more abstract written maths.
NUMBERS UP TO 10
The activities focus on early maths practice with numbers and quantities up to 10, making the resource suitable for children who are developing foundational numeracy skills.
SKILLS CHILDREN CAN DEVELOP
Through the activities, children can practise:
• Early numeracy
• Counting accuracy
• Quantity recognition
• Addition concepts
• Subtraction concepts
• Number sense
• Visual discrimination
• Observation
• Concentration
• Logical thinking
• Early problem-solving
• Hand-eye coordination
• Pencil control
• Writing answers independently
• Confidence with early maths
LEARNING THROUGH PICTURES
The workbook uses familiar visual objects such as:
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Sweets
• Ice creams
• Balloons
• Pencils
• Spoons
• Forks
• Brooms
• And other easy-to-recognise pictures
Using familiar objects helps make early maths more concrete and accessible for young children.
Children are encouraged to look, count, think and then record their answer.
MEET MILCHO & SHERRI
Milcho & Sherri are the friendly learning companions featured throughout the workbook.
They appear alongside the activities to create a consistent, welcoming and playful learning environment for young children.
PERFECT FOR
• Preschool
• Kindergarten
• Early Years
• Reception
• Early primary learners
• Home education
• Maths learning at home
• Classroom maths activities
• Maths centres
• Morning work
• Independent practice
• Small-group activities
• One-to-one learning
• Extra maths practice
• Homework
• Quiet-time learning
FOR TEACHERS, HOME EDUCATORS AND PARENTS
This resource can be used in several different ways.
Teachers can select individual worksheets to support an early maths lesson, use them in learning centres or provide them as additional practice.
Home educators can incorporate the pages into an Early Years or Kindergarten maths programme.
Parents can use the worksheets for relaxed maths practice at home and help children understand counting and addition through familiar pictures.
The pages can be printed individually, allowing adults to choose the activities that best suit the child's current learning level.
EASY TO USE
No complicated preparation is required.
Simply:
1. Download the PDF.
2. Print the required pages.
3. Give the child a pencil.
4. Count the pictures.
5. Work out the answer.
6. Write the answer in the box.
The activities can be completed with adult guidance or, depending on the child's ability, as independent practice.
DIGITAL PRODUCT
This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD.
No physical workbook or other physical item will be shipped.
After purchase, you will receive a printable PDF file that can be downloaded and printed for use at home or in the classroom.
PRODUCT DETAILS
• Product Type: Printable Early Maths Workbook / Worksheets
• Format: Digital PDF
• Total File Length: 13 pages
• Subject: Early Maths
• Main Focus: Counting, Addition & Subtraction with Pictures
• Number Range: Up to 10
• Language: English
• Resource Type: Worksheets / Activities
• Learning Approach: Visual and picture-based learning
• Preparation: Print and use
• Suitable For: Preschool, Kindergarten, Early Years and early primary learning
• Delivery: Digital download
• Physical Shipping: None
WHY PICTURE-BASED MATHS?
For young learners, pictures provide a simple and accessible way to explore mathematical ideas.
Rather than seeing only an equation, children can physically count the objects shown on the page.
This encourages them to understand the relationship between quantities and mathematical operations while building confidence before progressing to more abstract number work.
A FLEXIBLE EARLY MATHS RESOURCE
Use the complete workbook as a short maths unit or print individual worksheets whenever extra counting or addition practice is needed.
The simple activity format also makes the pages useful for repeated skills practice throughout the Early Years.
PLEASE NOTE
This is a digital printable resource.
No physical product will be posted or delivered.
Colours may vary slightly depending on your monitor, printer, paper and printer settings.
This resource is intended for personal, home education or single-classroom use.
The files may not be resold, redistributed, shared, uploaded to other websites or platforms, or used for commercial resale.
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MATH FUN WITH MILCHO & SHERRI
COUNT • THINK • ADD • LEARN
Turn early maths practice into a fun visual learning adventure with Milcho & Sherri!