​Math Card Games

Using a deck of playing cards, enjoy exploring these card games with your family!  

Go Fish 

Go fish is the classic number identification game. Asking each other if they have a certain number is a great way to practice recognizing the different numbers. Go Fish Game Rules

Garbage 

This is a family favourite!  It’s great for Kindergarten in that it helps the children sequence in numerical order, reviews the concept of a ten frame, etc.  You can play an easy version (one round) or a more challenging version (several rounds of elimination).

Make Ten                                                                             

Review concept: Jack Hartman Number Pairs Song  and Jack Hartmann Number Bond Song 

The ability to make a ten out of numbers is a math skill that will help kids with addition and subtraction. Set out cards and have kids combine them to make as many tens as they can. Kids can use the graphics on the cards to help them check to see if they are correct. (ie. 6+4=10, 3+7=10). 

Want a challenge?  Use more than 2 cards 

(ie. 2+5+3=10)       

How Many More To Make Ten? Video Quiz

Patterns

Use the different suits, colours, or face cards to create math patterns. AB, ABC, AABB, and ABAB are common math patterns they could identify and extend/complete.

For example, an AB pattern might be:

red   black   red   black   red   black   red   black  

2   5   2   5   2   5   2   5

To be a true pattern, the core (ie. red   black    or    2   5) must repeat at least three times.