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Games for Picture Subtraction for Kindergarteners

There are many different ways to help kindergarten and first grade students understand the basic concept of subtraction. Students can subtract using methods including number lines, counters, counting backwards, fact families, concrete objects and pictures. Subtracting with pictures is a strategy that is fun and easy for young students to understand.
  1. Balloon Pop Subtraction - Picture Subtraction

    • The EZ School website offers the Balloon Pop Subtraction game to help students learn how to subtract with pictures. A subtraction problem is posted at the top of the game page. Underneath the problems and instructions, there are pictures of balloons to represent the largest number in the subtraction problem. Students must then "pop" the number of balloons indicated by the smaller number in order to find the solution.

    IXL- Kindergarten Picture Subtracting

    • The IXL website has a number of picture subtraction games for kindergarten students. The Kindergarten Picture Subtracting game shows a set of pictures at the top of the page with one or more pictures crossed out with an "X." Beneath the set of pictures is a corresponding subtraction problem. Players must count the pictures that have not been crossed out and type how many are left in the text box.

    Subtracting Two Digit Numbers - Picture Mini-Lesson

    • The dositey.com website introduces a lesson on two digit number subtraction using pictures. This website teaches regrouping using place value positions in a fun and colorful way. The site has a dog hiding behind a shelf with a two digit subtraction problem posted on it. The subtraction problem shows two columns with the words "tens" and "ones" above them. The object is to solve the subtraction problem by strategically grouping the tens and the ones.

    How Subtraction Works - Picture Lesson

    • At the "Cool Math 4 Kids" website, a "How Subtraction Works" lesson uses sets of pictures to show parents and teachers how to present a lesson to their children. The website explains how parents and teachers can use everyday items to teach children subtraction. The website suggests that parents and teachers use the items around them to teach subtraction problems. These problems can also be written out for the children to see and understand. This website also offers 1-0 to 10-10 math flashcards for subtraction that can be downloaded and used with pictures.

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