The Dice Game
Online Learning
Focus: Communication Skills, Thinking Skills
Mathematics: Number, Estimation, Addition
Follow the instructions in the video to make your own board game and dice.
You will need a dice, 40-50 counters [buttons, beads, seeds, stones or any other small loose parts]. A game board for each player.
Materials needed to make the dice.
Counters
How to play:
- take turns to throw the dice
- collect the correct number of counters and cover the spaces on your board until the counters are over.
The person with the most counters wins the game!
Extension: You will need more counters and a game board with numbers over 50.
- Use 2 dice.
- Add the two numbers and place counters to match the total.
The person with the most counters wins the game!
Jiwon and her brother Jake did not have and seeds or beans or other materials around. 💭 They decided to create their own version of the Dice Game! In their game, the person who circles the most numbers and reaches 80 the fastest wins the game! Can you guess who won the game?
Leming decided to create his own Dice Game! He used pistachios as counters!
This game encourages children to:
- explore number names
- explore quantities
- estimate
- use one-to-one correspondence
- understand the terms more, less same as
- problem-solve
- follow directions and rules of a game
- be persistent
