Learning number bonds help students master math facts. They lay a strong foundation for how numbers work. Number bonds help students see how to split numbers apart and how to put them back together.
1. Master Number Bonds with Bond Bubbles
This video game has a 14-day trial that will give students lots of great practice. Students go through three different worlds where they create addition and subtraction problems to progress through the worlds. In each of the worlds, students are gaining knowledge in various number bonds.
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2. Number Bond Game
Download the file and print the 24 number bond cards. Each card has either the missing whole or the missing part. This is the perfect activity for a math center and students will be able to get lots of practice in understanding number bonds.
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3. Monster Number Bond Task Cards
Print the 40 monster-themed number bond task cards on heavy paper and laminate. Students will need to use dry erase markers, so these cards can be reused. Students will learn how numbers are split apart and joined together. This is a great individual math activity or fun math center.
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4. Number Bond Bracelets
This video gives an explanation of how to use and make number bond bracelets. Students will be pipe cleaners and a few pony beads. Limit the number of beads they can add to the bracelet, so they are learning the number bonds for a specific number.
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5. Number Bonds to 20
Printable worksheets that students add number bond combinations to 20, 50, and 10. Students are able to see the various ways these numbers are spilled.
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6. Bubble Buster: Addition to 10
Students will learn addition within 10. In this online game, they will touch two bubbles that add to 10 as fast as they can. This s a great math center for primary students.
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7. Interactive Number Bonds Game
In this online game, students will get lots of practice in finding number bonds for a specific number. The number value can be changed from 5 to 1000. This is a great alternative to math manipulatives.
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8. Single Digit Addition with Pictures
This is math lesson allows opportunities for students to become successful in single-digit addition. By using pictures, students learn the parts of a number and the whole number by counting the pictures.
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9. Number Bonds Lesson
This is a great way to introduce a Kindergarten Number Bond Unit. To make an interactive number bond simply cut 1 large circle and 2 smaller circles. Attach the two smaller circles to the larger circle with two arms. These can then be used to show how to decompose numbers using chips or other items.
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10. Math Bead Sliders
These simple to make and use bead sliders need only beads and string. These bead sliders help students see the number combinations that can be made just by sliding the beads to show the number bonds.
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11. Part-Part-Total Diagrams
This is a simple way to show the relationship between numbers. Students can also use these diagrams by finding the missing part or by finding the whole. Students can also use these diagrams to show the relationship of subtraction to addition sentences.
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12. Number Bond Video
This video helps students see the part-whole relationship. There are several examples that can be replicated in the classroom. This video is a great way to reinforce the part-whole relationship or to introduce the concept to students.
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13. Hula Hoop Number Bonds
Gather several hula hoops and two different color pool noodles. Cut the pool noodles into approximately 2-3 inch pieces. Make a slit in the pool noodle pieces so you can slip on 10-16 pieces onto the hula hoop. Students move the pool noodle pieces to create number bonds. This is a fun interactive way to see the relationship between numbers.
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14. Number Bond Anchor Charts
This chart is easy to make or print and serves as a great reminder of how to manipulate numbers. Teachers can laminate these charts and students can reuse them. The charts can also be used in various ways such as using different manipulatives or dry erase markers.
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15. Decomposing Pom-Pom Number Math Centers
This fun math center can be used with a variety of math manipulatives. There are 12 center cards that can be printed, laminated, and reused. These cards allow students to clearly see the relationships between numbers as well as other concepts.
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16. Number Bonds with Dominoes
Using dominoes is a fun and interactive way to teach math. Students will have fun using the dominoes to see the relationship between numbers and all the combinations to create the same number.
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17. Number Bond Math Chains
Cut several strips of paper in two different colors. Choose a number make paper chains for all the numbers bonds or combinations that make up that number. Students glue the strips of paper together to represent the number bonds.
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18. Rainbow Math Bonds
There are many ways to create rainbow math bonds, once you explain to students that the color connection is a number bond. Students could create their own or you can download and print a rainbow. This is a great cross-curricular activity that joins math and art together.
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19. Number Bond Printables
There are several worksheets to print that help to show how numbers are joined together or split apart. These are great worksheets to reinforce what has already been taught or for use in a math center.
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20. Beginner Number Bonds
These easy-to-use worksheet are perfect for first-grade students. Each worksheet provides an example of the numbers used in the number bond with blocks. Students are introduced to the so-called 'Singapore number bonds that will help them to understand the concept of parts adding up to the whole.
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21. Number Bond Splat
This is a great way to practice number bonds. There is very little set up and the only materials needed are a 10 frame, chips to place in the 10 frame, a board or piece of paper with numbers 1-10, and two hands to SPLAT the number that are in the bond. This is a fun interactive game for all levels.
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22. Ask Me! Badges
Students are given badges to wear when they learn number bond. For example, when students learn their 10 number bonds, they are given a badge to wear. This is a very motivating activity for students to continue learning.
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23. Count On Catapult
Count on catapult is a great free online game to learn number bonds. The game starts off learning number bonds to 10 and can be increased in difficulty.
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