SUMUP-TO-20 is an exciting game developed by ChildUp Early Education to teach young children to count to 20. This game utilizes a deck of 44 cards selected from the MATHnimals series. If you don't have a pack of MATHnimals game cards, you can create the 44 cards with your children - a really fun drawing, coloring, and cutting exercise!
The deck should contain 4 sets of 11 cards with numbers in LARGE, BOLD print - from 0 to 10 - on one side, and animals from the first 4 MATHnimals collections drawn or pictures pasted on the other:
11 Cards: Farm Animals
1 / 1 horse
2 / 2 cows
3 / 3 pigs
4 / 4 sheep
5 / 5 dogs
6 / 6 cats
7 / 7 ducks
8 / 8 rabbits
9 / 9 chicken
10 / 10 mice
0 / empty landscape
11 Cards: African Mammals
1 / 1 elephant
2 / 2 rhinos
3 / 3 hippos
4 / 3 giraffes + 1 rhino
5 / 4 gorillas + 1 elephant
6 / 5 zebras + 1 hippo
7 / 6 chimps + 1 giraffe
8 / 7 lions + 1 gorilla
9 / 8 hyenas + 1 zebra
10 / 9 dromedaries + 1 chimp
0 / empty landscape
11 Cards: Birds
1 / 1 ostrich
2 / 1 ostrich + 1 toucan
3 / 2 penguins + 1 toucan
4 / 2 ostriches + 2 eagles
5 / 3 owls + 2 penguins
6 / 3 eagles + 3 flamingos
7 / 4 sparrows + 3 owls
8 / 4 flamingos + 4 parrots
9 / 5 parrots + 4 pelicans
10 / 5 sparrows + 5 vultures
0 / empty landscape
11 Cards: Aquatic Animals
1 / 1 whale
2 / 1 crab + 1 whale
3 / 1 whale + 1 shark + 1 crab
4 / 2 walruses + 1 shark + crab
5 / 2 octopuses + 2 walruses + 1 shark
6 / 2 whales + 2 goldfish + 2 octopuses
7 / 3 sea lions + 2 octopuses + 2 crabs
8 / 3 lobsters + 3 walruses + 2 goldfish
9 / 3 sharks + 3 octopuses + 3 dolphins
10 / 1 sea lion + 2 dolphins + 3 lobsters + 4 seahorses
0 / empty landscape
SUMUP-TO-20 GAME RULES
1. SUMUP-TO-20 can be played by 2, 3, or 4 players.
2. Players draw lots (like picking straws or rock-paper-scissors) to see who goes first. Player-1 shuffles the deck of 44 cards (4 sets of 11 cards numbered fro 0 to 10), numbers face up. Player-2 cuts the deck.
3. Picking cards from the top of the deck, Player-1 deals one card to each participant in sequence (numbers face up, but players can count the animals on the other side at any time). This process repeats, with the cards laid out in rows in front of each player.
4. Players use ANY of their own cards to race and be the first to get the EXACT SUM of 20 (numbers or animals). So speed matters!
5. As soon as a player thinks she/he has the correct sum for the current round, she/he says “Sumup!” and brings forward the respective cards, adding aloud the numbers or animals on the cards up to 20. If the total is correct, the player wins the round and earns 20 points (the parent/teacher should keep a tally of the points). If the total is wrong, the player is eliminated from the round. The first player who wins 5 rounds (5 x 20 points = 100 points) wins the whole game, along with a small reward that should be decided at the start of the game.
6. SUMUP-TO-20 is not an easy game for children taking their first steps in math and just beginning to discover numbers. For something less difficult, they can start playing SUMUP-TO-10 instead. In this case, the goal for each round is to get the EXACT SUM of 10, with animals or numbers face up.
HAVE FUN!
