Do you need a fun addition game to play this winter? Mitten Addition will add some serious excitement to your math centers!

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Getting Ready

This addition game was super quick and simple to prep!

I printed the addition mittens and snowball manipulatives on white cardstock.

Then I laminated the mittens and snowballs to ensure their durability.

Next, I cut along the solid black lines to separate the mitten addition cards and snowballs and placed them all in a 4 x 6 photo box for easy storage.



I printed off one mitten addition record sheet for each child and we were ready to play!

Mitten Addition Game

This activity can be used in a small group or as an independent math center.

We’d been practicing addition for a few months, so I decided to have students play the game on their own so they could review their math facts.

The first student set up the addition game. She placed all her mittens in one pile and her snowball manipulatives in another pile.

She selected one math mitten from the pile: a pink mitten with 3 + 4.

She took out 3 snowballs and laid them in a row under the mitten.

Then, she took 4 more snowballs and laid them in a row under the 3 snowballs.



She counted out loud to add 3+4:

1, 2, 3… 4, 5, 6, 7.

The answer was 7!

She found the corresponding box on her recording sheet and wrote 3 + 4 = 7.

Then she put the snowball manipulatives back in a pile and selected a new mitten to solve next to continue the addition game fun!

The child continued this process until all of the addition mittens were complete and her record sheet had each problem on it.

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12 Comments

  1. Where did you get the containers to put the mitten addition facts in?

    1. Wonderful, Jenny!
      I’m so glad it was helpful!
      Warmly,
      Ashley // Happiness Ambassador

  2. Oh no! I am so sorry about that! One of the tricks is checking to be sure your popup blocker is off, I just double checked the link and its all been updated! If it is still giving you troubles you can send us an email over at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com and I will get the link right over to you!
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    Kaylee // Playdough to Plato

  3. Oh no! I am so sorry about that! One of the tricks is checking to be sure your popup blocker is off, I just double checked the link and its all been updated! If it is still giving you troubles you can send us an email over at hello@www.playdoughtoplato.com and I will get the link right over to you!
    ?♥️
    Kaylee // Playdough to Plato

  4. Hi Veronica!
    I am sorry that this is giving you troubles. Double check your popup blocker to be sure that it is off, if it is still not working send me a message and I will get it right over to you!
    Warmly,
    Kaylee

  5. Hi there!
    I am sorry that this is giving you troubles. Double check your popup blocker to be sure that it is off, if it is still not working send me a message and I will get it right over to you!
    Warmly,
    Kaylee

  6. Hi Elise!
    I am sorry that this is giving you troubles. Double check your popup blocker to be sure that it is off, if it is still not working send me a message and I will get it right over to you!
    Warmly,
    Kaylee

  7. Hi Denise!
    I am sorry that this is giving you troubles. Double check your popup blocker to be sure that it is off, if it is still not working send me a message and I will get it right over to you!
    Warmly,
    Kaylee

  8. I cannot download the free mitten addition. I tried emailing you and it was sent back.

    1. Hi Erin!
      When you click the blue “Download Here” button, a pop-up should open. You can try checking to make sure your browser isn’t blocking pop-ups from the site or try using a different browser. If you happen to be attempting the download at school, your district’s web filter may be blocking the pop-up. Let me know if you’re not able to get the mitten game!
      Warmly,
      Sarah // Playdough to Plato Team

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