Description
Make adding three numbers to 20 fun and engaging with this playful Make 20 Pup math center game!
Students help their puppy collect bone cards as they search for three numbers that add up to 20, building confidence with more complex addition in a game-based format.
As students play, they naturally practise important addition skills — and even some early subtraction thinking — without it feeling like “work”.
Inside This Game Pack:
- Detailed, easy-to-follow game instructions
- 4 different puppy-themed game boards
- 10 number bone cards
- Student worksheet for recording and reflection
- Cover page for organising tubs, folders or pouches
Why Teachers Love This Game:
- Builds fluency with adding three numbers to make 20.
- Encourages flexible thinking and strategy use.
- Perfect for math centers, small groups and rotations.
- Game-based format keeps students highly motivated.
- Easy to differentiate by adjusting the number of cards in play.
Ideas for Classroom Use:
- Print enough card sets so multiple groups can play at once.
- Use in guided math to model strategies for combining three numbers.
- Encourage students to explain how they know their numbers make 20.
- Use the worksheet as a follow-up or informal assessment.
Students will love helping their puppy score points while developing strong number sense and confidence with adding three numbers to 20.
This game is included in a value packed BUNDLE - find it HERE
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This resource is for single teacher classroom use only. Please remember that sharing, redistributing, creation of new materials for sale, or uploading to shared drives or websites is not permitted. Your respect for the one teacher, one license policy allows small teacher-creators like me to keep making resources for classrooms around the world. Thank you for your kindness and understanding!
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Description
Make adding three numbers to 20 fun and engaging with this playful Make 20 Pup math center game!
Students help their puppy collect bone cards as they search for three numbers that add up to 20, building confidence with more complex addition in a game-based format.
As students play, they naturally practise important addition skills — and even some early subtraction thinking — without it feeling like “work”.
Inside This Game Pack:
- Detailed, easy-to-follow game instructions
- 4 different puppy-themed game boards
- 10 number bone cards
- Student worksheet for recording and reflection
- Cover page for organising tubs, folders or pouches
Why Teachers Love This Game:
- Builds fluency with adding three numbers to make 20.
- Encourages flexible thinking and strategy use.
- Perfect for math centers, small groups and rotations.
- Game-based format keeps students highly motivated.
- Easy to differentiate by adjusting the number of cards in play.
Ideas for Classroom Use:
- Print enough card sets so multiple groups can play at once.
- Use in guided math to model strategies for combining three numbers.
- Encourage students to explain how they know their numbers make 20.
- Use the worksheet as a follow-up or informal assessment.
Students will love helping their puppy score points while developing strong number sense and confidence with adding three numbers to 20.
This game is included in a value packed BUNDLE - find it HERE
Return to our store homepage here
This resource is for single teacher classroom use only. Please remember that sharing, redistributing, creation of new materials for sale, or uploading to shared drives or websites is not permitted. Your respect for the one teacher, one license policy allows small teacher-creators like me to keep making resources for classrooms around the world. Thank you for your kindness and understanding!
