Pile up with 10 frames

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Purpose:

To reinforce basic facts to 20.

You need:

10s frames (PDF, 57KB)

How to play:

Make two face down piles of 10s frames.
Take one from each pile and quickly show them to the child (or group) for about 2 seconds then put them face down.
The child/ren add the numbers displayed on 10 frames.
If the answer is correct give the cards to the child and move to the next combination.
At the end of the game the child/ren count up how many frames they have received.

Variations:

Start by only using 1- 5 cards.
Hold up three cards to add.
Children could multiply the numbers displayed, instead of adding.
A pack of cards could be used instead of 10 frames.

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (8KB) or Word (27KB)