Children will have fun learning or reviewing addition facts to ten using this free set of baseball addition facts puzzles. This set of baseball-themed addition facts puzzles features baseballs filled with feelings. The puzzles require children to find the sum of a number fact. After finding the puzzle pieces with the correct sum, children will have to choose a sum piece that completes the equation sum.
Guidance may need to be given to students as they search for the pieces that will complete each side of a puzzle. It may help to identify if a piece has rounded, curved, or jagged edges.
Getting the Baseball Addition Facts Puzzles
The Baseball Addition Facts Puzzles are a PDF. Once you have downloaded, the set you will need to open it with a PDF reader like Acrobat Reader.
First, you will need to download the set.
Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.
Building Background
If your children don’t know much about baseball, you could have them read one of the books below. Children who are not reading well yet will probably enjoy having you read them one of the books.
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My First Book of Baseball walks children through a major league baseball game.
It is fun to explore each letter of the alphabet when you read H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. It is amazing how many letters of the alphabet relate to baseball.
The Lucky Baseball Bat is a wonderful book about baseball and teamwork.
Tips for Exploring the Baseball Addition Fact Puzzles
- The puzzles have four different connection styles. If you think having more than one of the same style of connection out at a time, you may want to only have one of each style out at a time. That will help the students that would find it confusing.
- You can print the puzzles out on heavy cardstock or printer paper. Before using them, you may want to laminate them so they will last longer.
- After solving each puzzle, children could count how many of each feeling is pictured on the baseball side of the card.
