Time to BUMP!

Kids LOVE to Bump! Have you discovered the fun and versatility of playing Math BUMP games? They are easy to learn and can be customized to practice addition, subtraction, multipliction and division! They make a perfect addition to any Math Center or use them on a fun FAMILY Math Game Night! Bump Games can even be sent home for some non-tradtional math Homework! Bump games are great for getting your students to apply their math skills while playing a fun game! They won’t even know they are practicing math facts while “bumping” each other off the numbers!!

How do You Play BUMP?

First decide what skill you want to have students practice. You need a Game Mat and 2 different colored sets of 10 Unifix cubes. Below is our Teen Number BUMP. Instead of rolling a die to determine their choice of number, students turn over a 10-frame card and form a “teen” number. The 1^st player turns over a card and, for example, makes the number 19 and puts a Unifix cube on that number.  Play goes back and forth with layers turning over cards and building teen numbers. When a number formed has an opponent’s Unifix cube on it, the player can “bump” them off and put their cube there! If a player builds a number that has one of their own Unifix cubes on it, that player adds a second cube to the top and “locks” that numbered space.  Now they can NOT be bumped off that space! If a player builds a number that no longer has an open space, their turn is over.  Play continues until a player uses all their Unifix cubes.

Check out the following pictorial that illustrates how to play BUMP!

These games are part of a larger product called SPRING 10-Frames. It is loaded with math TEEN building mats, worksheets and these BUMP games. Find it here by clicking SPRING Ten-FRAMES.

Here’s BUMP Freebie just for you

We created a FREE set of 3 BUMP Spring-themed BUMP games for you to try out. Click INSECT BUMP to find them at our TPT store. We have lots of other themed 10-FRAME activities. Check out our MATH category to see what we have to offer!

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