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PRESCHOOL MATH
GAMES
GAMES
SUMUP-TO-20: learn to count and add
This game utilizes a deck of 44 cards - 4 sets (red, orange, green, and blue) of 11 cards numbered from 0 to 10 - selected from the MATHnimals series.
If you don't have a pack of MATHnimals game cards, you can create the 44 cards with your children - a really fun drawing, coloring, and cutting exercise! Here’s an example of card number 10 from the Aquatic animals collection.
- SUMUP-TO-20 can be played by 2, 3, or 4 players.
- Players draw lots (like picking straws or rock-paper-scissors) to see who goes first. Player-1 shuffles the deck of 44 cards (4 sets of 11 cards numbered from 0 to 10), numbers face up. Player-2 cuts the deck.
- Picking cards from the top of the deck, Player-1 deals one card to each participant in sequence (numbers face up, but players can count the animals on the other side at any time). This process repeats, with the cards laid out in rows in front of each player.
- Players use ANY of their own cards to race and be the first to get the EXACT SUM of 20 (numbers or animals). So speed matters!
- As soon as a player thinks she/he has the correct sum for the current round, she/he says “Sumup!” and brings forward the respective cards, adding aloud the numbers or animals on the cards up to 20. If the total is correct, the player wins the round and earns 20 points (the parent/teacher should keep a tally of the points). If the total is wrong, the player is eliminated from the round. The first player who wins 5 rounds (5 x 20 points = 100 points) wins the whole game, along with a small reward that should be decided at the start of the game.
- SUMUP-TO-20 is not easy to play for children taking their first steps in math and just beginning to discover numbers. For something less difficult, they can start playing SUMUP-TO-10 instead. In this case, the goal for each round is to get the EXACT SUM of 10, with animals or numbers face up.
Have a lot of fun!
Confrontation between Andee, Greake and Coleen during the Sumup-to-20 Tournament organized in February 2023 by Arcanys Early Learning Foundation, in Cebu City, Philippines (Andee won the round)
Arcanys Early Learning Foundation
Recognizing early education as a key to success, the foundation has been helping families in poor Cebu City districts by giving free parent-child math coaching since 2012 in Cebu City, Philippines. MATHnimals cards are the main tool used by the AELF teachers during coaching sessions with children from 3 to 5 years old and their parents.
Learn about AELF →Flip That Grid: recognize the numbers
FlipThatGrid! can be a single or multi-player game. Created by ChildUp to help young children with recognizing numbers, discerning the type of animals and counting them out loud.
The goal is to flip all the cards on the table as fast as possible.
- FlipThatGrid! is a single or multi-player game. The goal is to flip all the cards on the table as fast as possible.
- Take 2 or 4 series of 11 cards (numbered from 0 to 10), either 22 or 44 cards in total. Shuffle the deck and arrange the cards in a grid (2x11 or 4x11), showing all numbers faceup. Each card has a number on one side and a corresponding number of animals on the other side.
- Players take turns playing rounds. During the round, the player turns two cards with the same numbers, then counting aloud all the animals featured on the other side of both cards. If the answer is wrong, the player loses the round. If the answer is correct, the player turns over another pair of cards that match, until the entire grid is successfully flipped.
- The player who flips the cards the fastest wins the round (a stopwatch can be useful). The first player to win 5 (or 10) rounds wins the game.
Have a lot of fun!
Flip that grid game demonstration on our YouTube channel
MATHnimals Memory Game: name all 80 animals
The aim of the game is to memorize and recite by heart, in numerical order and as quickly as possible, the 80 animals from the 8 series of 10 animals which appear in the MATHnimals book and card game, according to the list below:
Print your free Memory Game
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10 FARM ANIMALS
- 1. Horse
- 2. Cow
- 3. Pig
- 4. Sheep
- 5. Dog
- 6. Cat
- 7. Duck
- 8. Rabbit
- 9. Chicken
- 10. Mouse
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10 AFRICAN MAMMALS
- 11. Elephant
- 12. Rhino
- 13. Hippo
- 14. Giraffe
- 15. Gorilla
- 16. Zebra
- 17. Chimp
- 18. Lion
- 19. Hyena
- 20. Dromedary
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10 BIRDS
- 21. Ostrich
- 22. Toucan
- 23. Penguin
- 24. Eagle
- 25. Owl
- 26. Flamingo
- 27. Sparrow
- 28. Parrot
- 29. Pelican
- 30. Vulture
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10 AQUATIC ANIMALS
- 31. Whale
- 32. Crab
- 33. Shark
- 34. Walrus
- 35. Octopus
- 36. Goldfish
- 37. Sea Lion
- 38. Lobster
- 39. Dolphin
- 40. Seahorse
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10 OTHER MAMMALS
- 41. Orangutan
- 42. Baboon
- 43. Bear
- 44. Panda
- 45. Bison
- 46. Warthog
- 47. Fox
- 48. Squirrel
- 49. Llama
- 50. Deer
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10 MORE MAMMALS
- 51. Tiger
- 52. Black Panther
- 53. Anteater
- 54. Armadillo
- 55. Hedgehog
- 56. Bat
- 57. Beaver
- 58. Platypus
- 59. Kangaroo
- 60. Koala
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7 REPTILES + 3 AMPHIBIANS
- 61. Frog
- 62. Gecko
- 63. Salamander
- 64. Chameleon
- 65. Turtle
- 66. Iguana
- 67. Rattlesnake
- 68. Crocodile
- 69. Cobra
- 70. Toad
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8 INSECTS + 2 ARACHNIDS
- 71. Ant
- 72. Bee
- 73. Caterpillar
- 74. Butterfly
- 75. Dragonfly
- 76. Grasshopper
- 77. Ladybird
- 78. Scarab
- 79. Spider
- 80. Scorpion
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