A Number Recognition Activity to Engage Your Small Groups

Are you looking for a way to reinforce or reteach number recognition for numbers 0 to 10? This Bingo game is a fun way to ensure your preschool or kindergarten students can identify numbers in many forms. Students match the number you call with its equivalent on their Bingo card. Number forms include:

• Word form
• Tally marks
• Base-10 blocks
• Ten frames
• Fingers 
• Snap cubes
• Dominoes
• Quantities

This resource for small groups includes six unique BINGO cards and calling cards for numbers 0 to 10.

More Number Recognition Activities

Want more small group activities to help your students recognize the numbers 0 – 10? Take a look at these fun ideas: 

Number Hunt: Hide number cards around the room and ask each student to find a specific number. When they find their card, they say the number out loud while holding up the same number of fingers. 

Sensory Bins: Create sensory bins with items like rice, beans, or sand and hide number cards or objects. Students dig through the bin to find the numbers and then match them to a number chart.

Number Songs and Rhymes: Sing songs and rhymes that emphasize numbers. Songs like “Five Little Ducks” or “Ten Little Monkeys” can be particularly effective, especially when finger play is added!

Small Group Instructions:

1. Print and cut apart the game cards and calling cards.
2. Give each student a BINGO card and some counters.
3. Call out a number from the calling cards.
4. Students find and mark the equivalent representation on their BINGO card.
5. Three in a row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally wins.

Download, Print, and Bin-GO!

This activity is not suitable for whole-group instruction but will be a hit with a small group. This resource is available in easy-to-print PDF and editable Google Slides format. Use the drop-down arrow located on the download button to choose the best option for your students. Print, cut, and play—it’s that easy!

This resource was created by Brittany Collins, a teacher in Indiana and Teach Starter collaborator.

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