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Dice Games for Kids: 38 Brilliant Dice Games to Enjoy at School or Home
Dice games are fun, versatile and educational, as well as being portable, adaptable and inexpensive! A few dice, paper and pencil can keep children occupied for hours, and they will be building all sorts of skills while they play. The author has researched, tested and gathered together 38 of the best dice games for children of all ages, and explains the games - and variations - in an easy-to-understand and engaging style.Play these dice games in the family - children, parents and grandparents will have lots of fun! Dice games are also an excellent game for the classroom. Take with you on holiday or vacation!
102 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 9, 2014
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November 21, 2021
Full of ideas for fun dice games
This book was very well organized, indicating recommended ages for each game by age, starting at age 4. You can play most games with a package of dice from the dollar store and pen and paper. A lot couple of them call for counters, but you can use any group of teeny toys you have on hand for them, such as miniature blocks, which I also got at the dollar store. A package of playing cards can be useful for a couple of games, though the author mentions adaptations for pen and paper by cutting out cards. I got the ebook version, so with a handful of dice, we can play a number of games on the go or when travelling. The author gives advice and ideas for variations, so I realized many simple commercialized dice games can be adapted to be played with pen and paper. It gets the wheels turning. You could laminate some sheets and use dry erase markers or have kids pick their favourite colours to mark off lines on regular paper in one game. My kids are big on their favourite colours, so I ordered a multi-coloured set of specialty dice that includes the regular D6 type and other special shapes, so some dice go from 1-8 or 1-20, for example. Inspired by the book, we adapted a whole other game I read about to simple dice. We used the D6 numbered 1-6 to designate moves. Say, touch your toes if you roll a 1, squat if you roll a 2, and so on. Then used D12 dice to tell you how many times to do the moves because I wanted them to get more exercise than they would by performing the moves a maximum of six times, but you could use a second D6 die. My kids had a blast and it required so little equipment AND got them moving. I highly recommend this book for the dice games it contains and for inspiration. Oh and as a bonus, some of the games will help younger kids practice math skills, whether adding, subtracting or even multiplying.
This book was very well organized, indicating recommended ages for each game by age, starting at age 4. You can play most games with a package of dice from the dollar store and pen and paper. A lot couple of them call for counters, but you can use any group of teeny toys you have on hand for them, such as miniature blocks, which I also got at the dollar store. A package of playing cards can be useful for a couple of games, though the author mentions adaptations for pen and paper by cutting out cards. I got the ebook version, so with a handful of dice, we can play a number of games on the go or when travelling. The author gives advice and ideas for variations, so I realized many simple commercialized dice games can be adapted to be played with pen and paper. It gets the wheels turning. You could laminate some sheets and use dry erase markers or have kids pick their favourite colours to mark off lines on regular paper in one game. My kids are big on their favourite colours, so I ordered a multi-coloured set of specialty dice that includes the regular D6 type and other special shapes, so some dice go from 1-8 or 1-20, for example. Inspired by the book, we adapted a whole other game I read about to simple dice. We used the D6 numbered 1-6 to designate moves. Say, touch your toes if you roll a 1, squat if you roll a 2, and so on. Then used D12 dice to tell you how many times to do the moves because I wanted them to get more exercise than they would by performing the moves a maximum of six times, but you could use a second D6 die. My kids had a blast and it required so little equipment AND got them moving. I highly recommend this book for the dice games it contains and for inspiration. Oh and as a bonus, some of the games will help younger kids practice math skills, whether adding, subtracting or even multiplying.
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