Represent number bonds - activity ideas and printables

We've been teaching number bonds for a few weeks now. It makes me nervous to spend so long on a single objective but I am noticing fringe benefits. Obviously, the children are all doing well with their number bonds but they are also using and embedding their understanding of + and = symbols which they now all use without thinking. Also, somewhat subconsciously, they know what addition is. Many children are starting to notice the commutativity of addition and share what they've realised in plenaries. As they have noticed it for themselves, they really get it, which is great.

I'll be using the same resources to teach related subtraction facts shortly and I'm hoping all the solid work we've done on number bonds to date will give us a good springboard for subtraction and its relationship to addition.

This resource contains:
- a range of number bond printables for 3 strategies - grid, bar and cherry picking.
- a range of mastery printables to extend more able children and embed learning.
- a few photos of the children's work.

Year 1 national curriculum objective:
Pupils should be taught to represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20.