Practice identifying numbers and animals while matching them to their silhouettes in this lotto-style game.

Number of players: 1 to 8

Skills practiced:

• number recognition
• identifying animals
• matching
• visual discrimination
• critical thinking

Description of play:
Players select a playing board depicting silhouettes ("shadows") of six numbers and animals. On each turn a card is drawn and is either matched to a space on the player's board or passed to the right to a player who needs it. The winner is the first to cover all six spaces on their playing board. Variations included.

This printable PDF file includes:

• 8 different playing boards
• Deck of 48 drawing cards