Support your students in developing flexible addition strategies with the beautiful Addition Counting Strategies Posters – Let’s Bloom! Building a strong foundation of counting and addition strategies is key to helping students develop number sense, mental maths fluency, and confidence when approaching addition problems across the primary years.

This set of 12 posters is perfect for introducing, teaching, and reinforcing a variety of addition strategies. Each poster clearly illustrates one strategy, making it easy for students to understand and apply during Maths lessons and problem-solving tasks. With visual cues and concise explanations, these posters provide valuable scaffolding as students move towards selecting and using efficient strategies independently.

The Addition Counting Strategies Posters – Let’s Bloom are designed to match our Let’s Bloom decor collection, allowing you to create a cohesive and inviting learning environment. Display the posters around your classroom as an anchor chart wall, Maths corner reference, or near your guided group area - giving students the confidence to draw on a variety of strategies during addition work.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Develop a strong repertoire of addition and counting strategies
• ✅ Strengthen number sense and flexible thinking about addition
• ✅ Build mental maths fluency and accuracy with addition problems
• ✅ Support problem-solving skills with visual scaffolds
• ✅ Encourage students to apply efficient strategies independently

What’s Included:

• Addition Counting Strategies Posters – Let’s Bloom set
• 12 full-colour posters featuring:
  • - Use your fingers
  • - Count with a tally
  • - Counting on
  • - Doubles
  • - Doubles plus one
  • - Front end addition
  • - Friends of ten
  • - Multiples of ten
  • - Monkey in the middle
  • - Jump strategy
  • - Part-part-whole
  • - 5 step word problem strategy
• Designed to match the Let’s Bloom decor range

Materials Needed:

• Printed Addition Counting Strategies Posters
• Laminator for durability (optional)
• Display space around the classroom or near the Maths working wall

How to Use:

1. Print and prepare the Addition Counting Strategies Posters in your preferred size.
2. Laminating the posters is recommended for durability and long-term use.
3. Introduce each strategy explicitly during whole-class teaching and guided group work.
4. Display the posters prominently around the classroom to provide a reference during addition and problem-solving tasks.
5. Encourage students to use the posters independently when selecting strategies for solving addition problems.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Display as a visual reference in your classroom Maths corner or number wall.
• 💡 Introduce each strategy gradually and refer to the posters during modelled problem-solving.
• 💡 Use in small guided Maths groups when introducing and practising new addition strategies.
• 💡 Support students in selecting efficient strategies for mental addition and written problem solving.
• 💡 Pair with student journals where students can record examples of using each strategy.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Print a smaller set of posters to use as reference cards for guided groups or individual students.
• 💛 Refer to the posters often during warm-ups and mental maths games to build student familiarity with each strategy.
• 💛 Encourage students to discuss and justify which strategies they used when solving problems.
• 💛 Print an extra set of posters to send home for parents to support students' use of strategies at home.
• 💛 Coordinate with your full Let’s Bloom decor pack to maintain a cohesive and inviting classroom look.

The Addition Counting Strategies Posters – Let’s Bloom provide the perfect visual support to help students develop a rich understanding of addition and counting strategies - promoting strong number sense, flexibility, and confidence in your Maths classroom!

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