Ten frame bingo 1–20

The same bingo game, but the boards show dots in ten frames instead of numbers. The caller reads a number, and children look for the ten frame with that many dots. A full frame is ten, so 13 is one full frame and three more dots. Children start to see numbers as "ten and some more" without counting every dot one by one.

How to play

1. Print the boards and give one to each player.
2. Cut out the caller cards on the last page. Each card shows the number, its ten frame and the number word.
3. Pick a card and read the number out loud.
4. Children find the ten frame with that many dots and cover it.
5. Four covered frames in a row, a column or a diagonal win the game.

Ways to play

Start with the numbers 1 to 10 only: take the cards 11 to 20 out of the bag. When children are ready, put them back. For more challenge, read "ten and four" instead of "fourteen", or show the ten frame on the card and hide the number. No two boards share the same row, column or diagonal, so every game has a single winner.

Children who need help can count the empty boxes too: a frame with two empty boxes is eight. Our ten frame worksheets practice the same idea on paper.