Count to 20 with Fruits — Double Ten Frame Activity

About this activity

The prompt names a number to make, and the child taps the squares of a double ten-frame to fill in exactly that many pieces of fruit across the two frames, then presses Check. Working all the way to 20 means a full ten plus some more. This free, interactive Kindergarten counting activity plays in the browser with no sign-up.

The double ten-frame teaches the most important idea about teen and twenty numbers: a full ten plus some more. To make 14, the child fills the first frame to ten and then adds four onto the second — so the structure of the number, ten and four, is right there to see. Working past ten is a genuine step beyond counting to ten, and the two frames give the child a way to keep the count organized instead of losing track.

It is aligned to Common Core K.CC.B.4 — connecting counting to cardinality and extending number sense beyond ten. No timer, no score — just calm, playful practice.

What's inside this activity

• Numbers from 0 to 20
• Fruits picture counters children can recognise
• Designed for Grade K learners (ages about 5–6)
• Common Core strand: Counting & Cardinality
• Aligned to Common Core standard K.CC.B.4

How to play

Read the prompt to see which number to make, up to 20.

Tap the squares of the double ten-frame to place exactly that many fruit counters, then press Check.

Not quite? Add or remove counters and try again — there is no timer and no score.

What your child practices

• Counting out exactly the number of fruit counters the prompt names, up to 20
• Filling one full ten-frame, then counting on into the second
• Seeing teen and twenty numbers as a ten and some more
• Keeping a careful one-to-one count past ten

Learning goals

Make any number from 0 to 20 with counters on a double ten-frame — the focus of Common Core K.CC.B.4

See numbers past ten as a full ten and some extra ones

Build the counting-on and place-value foundation for first-grade math