Get your students excited about ordering numbers to 20 with this Order of the Beach Animals Game: Ordering Numbers to 20 PowerPoint game! This interactive resource is packed with vibrant visuals, animated characters, and engaging questions to build confidence in identifying and sequencing numbers from 0–20. Students will love helping animal friends complete summer-themed tasks while reinforcing essential numeracy skills.

To preview this interactive PowerPoint game, click on the video below.

This game offers plenty of opportunities to practise identifying number patterns, using a number line, and recognising number order. It’s perfect for whole-class instruction, small group rotations, or as an engaging independent activity on interactive whiteboards or student devices. Teachers can easily pause between rounds for class discussion or have students record their answers on mini whiteboards for accountability.

Whether you're consolidating knowledge or introducing sequencing concepts, this game provides a lively and memorable learning experience that your students will want to play again and again!

Key Learning Outcomes

• ✅ Recognise and sequence numbers from 0–20
• ✅ Identify number patterns and missing values in a sequence
• ✅ Develop number sense through visual and interactive tasks
• ✅ Build mathematical language such as “greater than,” “less than,” and “in order”

What’s Included

• Interactive PowerPoint file featuring three mini-games:
• - Order of Numbers: Choose the set ordered from least to greatest
• - Missing Numbers: Identify the number that completes the sequence
• - Number Sequence: Decide whether number sets are in the correct order
• Engaging beach theme with animations and audio

Materials Needed

• PowerPoint-compatible device (IWB, laptop, or tablet)
• Mini whiteboards or recording sheets for student responses (optional)
• Speakers for audio prompts and feedback

Ideas for Classroom Use

• 💡 Use as a maths warm-up activity to begin your numeracy block
• 💡 Incorporate into rotations with students working in pairs on devices
• 💡 Pause after each round to discuss strategies and review misconceptions
• 💡 Print a few slides as task cards for independent follow-up practice

Top Teacher Tips

• 💛 Play as a class competition - keep tally of team points during each round
• 💛 Adjust the pacing of the game by pausing to provide scaffolding or extend discussion
• 💛 Use during assessment week as a quick check-in for number order understanding

This interactive beach-themed PowerPoint game is a lively and effective way to reinforce number sequencing to 20. With three different activities and friendly characters to guide them, students are sure to stay engaged while strengthening their maths fluency.