Make number recognition feel like a wild jungle adventure!

The Numbers 0–120 Hide & Seek Pocket Chart Game turns basic counting practice into an exciting zoo-themed challenge!

With playful monkeys, hidden bananas, and flexible number ranges, this interactive math activity makes learning to identify numbers fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade.

Whether you're practicing numbers to 10 with your newest learners or extending number knowledge all the way to 120, this game adapts to your students' skill levels.

It’s perfect for reinforcing number sense, building attention to detail, and boosting memory skills through hands-on play.

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What’s Included in the Numbers Hide & Seek Game:

This flexible, low-prep math activity includes:

✨ Full set of number cards for 0–120 (in both color and black/white)
✨ Banana cards to hide behind the numbers
✨ Printable recording sheets for various number ranges
✨ Clear teacher directions with tips for adapting by level
✨ Designed for pocket charts, but works great on the floor or table too!

Skills Addressed with This Number Recognition Game:

Primary Academic Skills:

• Number recognition from 0–120

• Counting forward and backward

• Ordering numbers and identifying what comes before or after

• Early place value exposure (especially numbers above 20)

• Visual discrimination and memory

Secondary Life Skills & SEL:

• Turn-taking and social interaction

• Logical guessing and visual scanning

• Fine motor practice with handling cards and writing on recording sheets

• Confidence-building through successful play and participation

How to Play Numbers Hide & Seek:

1. Choose a set of number cards based on your students’ skill level: start with 0–10, 1–20, or go all the way to 120!

2. Place the numbers in a pocket chart, or lay them on a table or floor.

3. One student hides 1–8 banana cards behind different number cards while others close their eyes.

4. Students take turns guessing where the bananas are hiding by calling out a number.

5. Reveal if a banana is hiding behind that number and record the guess!

6. Use the optional recording sheets for additional writing and number tracking practice.

7. Play until all bananas are found or everyone has had a turn!

This game allows you to easily differentiate by adjusting the quantity and range of numbers or the number of hidden bananas.

How and Where to Use This Number Game:

The Numbers 0–120 Hide & Seek game fits beautifully into:

• Kindergarten and first grade math centers

• Small group math instruction

• RTI or math intervention groups

• Whole group morning meetings or math warm-ups

• Homeschool math games

• Math tubs or independent work bins

• Counting or zoo-themed units

It's especially helpful during back-to-school, counting review, or when you need a high-engagement activity that also builds foundational math skills.

Standards Alignment:

✔ Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):

• K.2.A: Recite numbers up to at least 100 by ones

• K.2.B: Use number names to describe sets of concrete objects

• K.2.C: Use numbers to describe relationships and represent quantities to 120

✔ Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL):

• K.2: Count forward to 100 and write the numerals 0 to 20

• K.2b: Identify the number that comes before and after a given number

• 1.1: Count, read, and write numbers to 120

✔ Common Core State Standards (Math):

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1: Count to 100 by ones and tens

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3: Write numbers from 0 to 20

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.A.1: Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120

Check out what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Teaching Forest (TPT Seller) wrote, “Our students love to use this! We do it everyday as part of our morning sign in routine. There's so many options on how you can play. Great way to work on number recognition.”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jody R. wrote, “Great hands on learning for my students with needs. Teaches them how to take turns, patience, and to identify their numbers with sequencing.”

Bring the zoo to your classroom and make number recognition one of the most exciting parts of your day! This cheerful, monkey-themed math game will keep your learners laughing, counting, and growing. 🐒🍌

The Zoo Theme Number Hide and Seek Pocket Chart Cards are also included in the Numbers 0-120 Hide and Seek Pocket Chart Cards ENDLESS Bundle.

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