Using addition flash cards are a quick and easy way to help our kids practice the addition facts. I searched high and low for rekenrek addition flash cards with large numbers and finally ended up making them myself. For children with Down Syndrome and other visual learners, including a visual aid on the flash cards makes addition more concrete. So that’s what I did:

These flashcards feature a large font with a picture of rekenrek beads to help students understand and visualize each subtraction fact.

To help your student memorize the facts, I recommend practicing only a few at a time, repeatedly until memorized. Only add in new cards once earlier ones have been firmly memorized. Spaced and frequent practice (throughout the day) will help them memorize the facts. A once-a-day practice will probably not be enough for many children with Down Syndrome to memorize math facts. Quickly reviewing them between different subjects will help our students move these facts from short-term to long-term memory.

Saying the facts out loud AND writing them out help our students to remember the subtraction facts. This is why I also made subtraction worksheets where students need to write out all the numbers in each equation, and not just the answer. For example:

These visual aids will also help develop our students’ number sense, which is so foundational to all math.

These flashcards and worksheets are available at Teachers Pay Teachers .

They are meant to supplement the Simply Addition Level 2 Workbook, but can also be used on their own.

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Simply Addition Level 1 flashcards – for addition within ten

Simply Subtraction Level 1 flashcards – for subtraction within ten

To see more math resources, visit this resource page: Teaching Math to Children with Down Syndrome