Games for Educators

Math Concepts

Counting to 10, quantities

Materials

2+ decks of playing cards

Players

2+

Set up

Use the number cards from one or more decks of cards. Each player randomly selects 16 cards to place face up in a 4 by 4 grid in front of them. The remaining cards are placed face down in a draw pile. Use enough decks so there are at least 20 cards in the draw pile. The illustration below uses dot cards, but regular playing cards are fine too.

Play

Cards are then drawn from the draw pile and the number is called out. Each player may turn over one card from their grid that matches the number drawn. If a player has more than one card that matches, the player must choose which one to turn over.

Goal

The first player to get four cards flipped over in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins the gameand calls out “Bingo!”