Kindergarten Math Center Activities, Addition & Subtraction Story Problem Mats

Are you looking for math center activities for your kindergarten, first grade or homeschool math center? Math number stories provide a fun and playful, hands-on activity to help children grasp the concept of addition and subtraction while creating and solving math story problems. Use as an alternative to worksheets at a center or station, or for math tubs, morning work, or teaching small groups.

✅How Does This Math Center Work?

Children need lots of practice telling and solving math story problems. Place these mat mats at your math center along with your favorite counters. Choose from 2 themed sets of story problem mats:

• habitat story mats (i.e. city, farm, jungle, dessert, pond, mountains, etc.)
• seasonal story mats (i.e. fall, winter, spring, summer)

Invite children to use the mats while visiting your math center or for independent practice while you are working with small groups.

Read Number Sense Activities for Your Kindergarten Math Center to read more about this center and other math activities.

✅What's Inside This Math Center Resource?

Each Number Stories Math Mat comes in 3 forms:

• addition equation boxes
• subtraction equation boxes
• a blank equation box and number sentence cards for addition/subtraction

All story problem mat mats are available in both full-color and black and white.

BONUS: Blank math mats are included so kids can create their own story problem.

✅How Can I Use These Math Centers?

There are many ways you can use the Addition and Subtraction Story Problem Mats in your classroom:

• as a morning choice activity and alternative to worksheets
• at a math center during choice time
• as an early finisher task
• as a math tub during your math block
• as an independent math activity during small group time
• as a whole group, hands-on math activity

✅Which Math Skills Will Kids Practice?

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Counting Forward
• Counting Backward
• Writing Equations

✅More Kindergarten Center Activities:

• Math Center Invitations
• Makerspace Invitations
• Science Center Invitations
• Block Center Invitations
• Storytelling Invitations
• Writing Center Invitations
• Art Center Invitations

✅More Math Center Activities:

• Number Staircase Mats
• Number Building Math Mats
• Counting Collections Counting Jars

⭐Need help setting up a math center in your classroom? Check out this Math Center Classroom Setup Guide for tons of ideas to get you started.

✅What Teachers Say About This Math Center Activity:

❤️"My students loved when we worked our math stories on these mats!! I found that using the mats helped some of my struggling students understand joining and separating more!" Danielle B.

❤️"Great mats and I loved that students could make their own drawing!! Great resource for math problem solving!" Lidia H.

❤️"This is so hands on and engaging! I plan to use these every week on Fridays moving forward." McKenzie C.

❤️"Love these. Just add manipulatives and voila a great activity to teach story problems!" Sharman B.

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