Dice Games for Teachers
Explore dice games for kids created by teachers to play in maths class, reading rotations and more! Get students excited to play in small groups or tackle individual tasks that boost their reading and writing skills, help them identify geographic features, practise the four operations and so much more with hands-on learning.
This collection of printable and digital dice games was created by the expert teachers on the Teach Starter team and includes curriculum-aligned activities designed to promote active learning and primary student participation.
Haven't used a dice game in your classroom and want to know more? Read on for a primer from our teacher team!
What Is a Dice Game?
A dice game is a game that involves the use of dice as the primary component — yup, it really is that simple! And yes, we're talking about the dice you're thinking of — those small, cube-shaped objects with numbered faces that are used to generate random numbers.
In primary school classrooms, dice games can be used as educational tools to engage students, promote learning and develop various skills. Explore this hands-on game collection, or read on for some inspiration and ideas from our teacher team on using a die in the classroom!
How to Use Dice Games in the Classroom
Here are some fun (and simple) ideas for dice games!
- Practise counting skills — Have your youngest students roll a die, and count the dots on the side to practise their counting skills.
- Create a story — Use one of our 'roll to create' writing activities, along with a die, to work on narrative writing.
- Work on greater than/less than — Provide students with a pair of dice, and have them roll the two simultaneously. Students can then write down the two resulting numbers and use the greater than and less than signs between them to show their understanding of the relationships between numbers.
- Practise operations —Provide students (or small groups) with pairs of dice. Students then roll the dice to generate numbers and perform calculations based on the numbers rolled and the assigned operation.
- Plus Plan
Christmas Maths - Roll, Add and Colour Worksheets
Roll, add and colour your way to addition fact mastery with a se tof printable Christmas Maths worksheets.
- Plus Plan
Roll to Create a Haunted House Halloween Activity
Have some spooky Halloween fun with a Roll-to-Create Halloween Art activity.
- Plus Plan
Roll to Create a Spooky Scene Halloween Game
Create a spooky scene to include in a narrative text using a die and a chart with this fun, hands-on Halloween activity.
- Plus Plan
Order of Operations – Differentiated Bump Game
Use this set of Bump games to sharpen your students’ computation skills by using the order of operations to evaluate expressions.
- Plus Plan
Roll, Add and Colour - Easter Basket
A fun roll, add and colour sheet featuring an Easter basket.
- Plus Plan
Physical Activity Dice Template
A set of 8-sided dice to use when incorporating physical movement into a lesson or activity.
- Plus Plan
Roll and Read – Rhyming Words
A fun game for students to practice reading rhyming words.
- Plus Plan
Story Building Dice Activity
A set of 3 dice to use when to generating ideas for creative writing.
- Plus Plan
Roll to Create a New World
A printable, roll-to-create activity where students draw and name a new world.
- Plus Plan
Blank Roll to Create Activity
A template for students to create their own "Roll to Create" game.
- Plus Plan
Double Plus One - Dice Roll Worksheet
A worksheet to help students demonstrate their understanding of near doubles.