Easy Dice Games to Play with Preschoolers

Dice are a great way to introduce basic math concepts to kids. They get one to one correspondence as they learn that one dot stands for one number, they learn to recognize the patterns of the dots instead of having to count each one, and they can learn addition, comparing, matching and lots of other skills depending on the game or how you use the dice.

The Measured Mom has a great collection of more than 15 dice games to play with preschoolers, including roll and cover games, number and dot matching and charting, dice war (like the card game, but with dice), dice-rolling art projects and more.

Several of these would be great for busy bags, to keep the kids entertained while you do something else for a few minutes, or keep them in your math center/area for the kids to explore on their own.

How do you play with dice with kids? I’d love to hear your ideas!

[Photo: the Measured Mom.]

Looking for more resources? Check out these board games for learning Math and Multiplication?

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Fall Math Activities for Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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