Write and Wipe Counting Cards

Nothing says summer fun quite like ice cream! These playful write and wipe
counting cards are a motivating way to practice counting on from a given
number and beginning addition.

For more motivating counting on practice, be sure to hop over and

grab our counting card pack  too!

Getting Ready
To prep, I printed the write and wipe cards (below) on  cardstock  to give them
extra durability. I cut along the lines to separate them  and then laminated the
cards  to make them reusable.
I grabbed a couple dry erase markers   and invited Middle Brother (age 4.5) to
join me. Easy peasy!

Write and Wipe Addition Cards

Middle Brother likes an element of surprise so he mixed up the cards and
then picked one randomly from the pile.

“Six” he read from the bottom of the ice cream cup. “But there are only three
candies,” he said with confusion.

I explained that he was going to practice adding on. Since he already had
three candies, he could put that number in his head and count on.
  

“Four… five… six” he counted out loud as he drew the extra candies he
needed to make the number match.

To help reinforce the addition problem he created, I followed up by reminding

him that the three candies he had at first plus the three candies he drew,
equalled six candies all together.

Already feeling like an addition champ, Middle Brother  eagerly grabbed a

new card and started solving it.

When he completed the entire stack of cards, we grabbed a baby wipe and
cleaned them off so that Big Brother (age 6.5) could solve them later