Color By Addition: Color-by-Number Addition Activities for Kids Ages 6–10 | Progressive Addition Workbook from Single-Digit Facts to 3-Digit Addition

They'll ask to do math. Yes, really.

Not because you bribed them. Because there's a hidden picture on the other side of every problem — and they want to see what it is.

Color By Addition works on a simple loop: solve an addition problem, find the answer in the color key, fill in the section. Do it again. Keep going until a colorful picture appears. Then flip the page and start the next one.

It sounds like coloring. It is coloring. But it's also the most addition practice your child will do without complaining — because they're not thinking about the math. They're thinking about the picture.

What makes this different from other addition workbooks:

Color By Addition is dedicated entirely to one skill — addition — and it goes further than any comparable book. 69 pages of carefully structured progression, from the simplest facts all the way to 3-digit addition:

• Pages 1–18: Single-digit addition — core facts from sums to 10 through sums to 18
• Pages 19–28: Single + double-digit addition
• Pages 29–40: Double + double-digit, no regrouping
• Pages 41–52: Double + double-digit with regrouping — the Grade 1–2 milestone
• Pages 53–62: Mixed review — all skills tested together
• Pages 63–69: Triple-digit round number addition

Every child starts with wins. Every child is genuinely challenged by the end.

What's inside:

• 69 full-color addition activities — each one hiding a picture worth earning
• Color keys on every page — no reading required, fully independent
• Progressive difficulty built in — no jarring jumps, no frustration spikes
• Certificate of completion at the end
• Designed for ages 6–10, with content that grows as they do

Why parents choose this book:

• Keeps them going — the hidden picture is more motivating than any timer or reward chart
• Builds real fluency — not just exposure, but repeated practice at every level
• Self-checking built in — if the finished picture looks off, they know to go back and check their math
• Genuinely independent — kids pick up the format immediately and run with it
• Works anywhere — home, car, classroom, waiting room

Part of the Color By Math series from BrainWave Books:

Color By Addition is the focused mastery book — the deep dive on one skill, designed to build real addition fluency from the ground up. It works on its own, and it works even better as part of the series:

• Color By Math — the original. Six skills, broad introduction to the format, ages 5–10
• Color By Addition — 69 pages of focused addition mastery, ages 6–10.
• Color By Subtraction — 69 pages of focused subtraction mastery, ages 6–10.

Start with Color By Math to introduce the format. Move to Color By Addition when it's time to build real addition fluency.

At home, in the classroom, or on a long drive — Color By Addition is the workbook that turns "I don't want to do math" into "can I do one more page?"

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