Dice Games for Teachers
Explore dice games for kids created by teachers to play in math class, reading centers 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, practice 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 elementary 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 elementary 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!
- Practice counting skills — Have your youngest students roll a die, and count the dots on the side to practice 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.
- Practice operations —Provide students (or small groups) with pairs of dice. Students then roll the dice to generate numbers and then perform calculations based on the numbers rolled and the assigned operation.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
Have some Christmas fun without the mess with a Roll-to-Create Gingerbread House Art activity.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater - Dice Drawing Game
Roll your way to the perfect ugly Christmas sweater with a printable Christmas dice game.
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Roll a Story – Christmas Dice Activity
Download this roll a story Christmas dice activity to spark creativity and build writing skills during the festive season.
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Roll to Create an Elf - Drawing Activity
Use a die and directed drawings to create a unique elf drawing for Christmas!
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Weathering vs. Erosion vs. Deposition Vocabulary Game
Guide your students to review weathering, erosion and deposition vocabulary words with this free dice game.
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Let's Be Grateful! - Gratitude Game for Kids
Roll, write, and share what you're thankful for this year with a printable Thanksgiving Gratitude game for kids.
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Roll to Create a Creature - Drawing Game
Use a die and a chart to create a creature to include in a narrative text or a comic strip.
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Perimeter and Area Dice Game
Use this area and perimeter dice game as a math center activity when teaching area and perimeter to your 3rd and 4th graders.
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Roll and Draw - Easter Dice Game
Use a fun Easter Dice Game to roll and design your own artistic easter egg creations.
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Christmas Roll a Story Prompt Activity
Bring creativity to your classroom with this Christmas roll a story activity, a fun way to help students practice narrative skills while celebrating the holiday season.
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Group It Many Ways – Multiplication Activity
Promote hands-on learning with this activity, where students will practice making equal groups to represent multiplication.
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Roll It! Operations Game
Use this fun game to practice all four operations and/or order of operations.
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Dice Roll - Content Vocabulary Activity
Use our ‘Dice Roll’ Content Vocabulary Activity as an opportunity to help your students grow their vocabulary skills in the classroom.
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Order of Operations Dice Game
Practice order of operations with this set of 6 dice activity mats.
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Blending Words Game Boards
Engage students in blending a number of words using this set of leveled phoneme blending game boards.
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Christmas Math Worksheets - Roll, Add and Color Addition
Roll, add, and color your way to Christmas with a pack of fun Kindergarten math worksheets.
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Onset and Rime Roll-a-Word Activity
Build real and nonsense words by blending onsets and rimes with an onset-rime dice roll literacy game
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Roll it! Read it! Write it! Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words
Practice reading and writing Dolch’s pre-primer high-frequency words with this board game for multiple players.
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Roll a Snowman Game
Play our Roll a Snowman game to generate fun characters and writing prompts for wintry writing fun!
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Roll and Write - Simple and Compound Sentence Game
Play a ‘Roll-a-Sentence’ simple and compound sentence game to help your students practice writing simple and compound sentences.
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Coordinate Plane Games — "Roll and Graph"
Play our coordinate plane games in your classroom to enhance students’ ability to plot points and find the distance between them.
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Roll and Write - Telling Time Dice Game
Practice telling time and have fun learning how to tell time with a Roll and Write Telling Time Dice Game!
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Roll to Create a Magical Story – Dice Game
Get your students writing magical stories with this engaging and interactive “Roll to Create” dice game.
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Aliens in a Spaceship Counting and Subitizing Game
Download a fun, hands-on game for teaching kids to count and use one-to-one correspondence or to subitize.
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Roll and Expand Numbers Worksheet Pack
Explore place value with your students using this set of leveled expanding numbers worksheets.
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1st Grade Halloween Addition Game - Roll-a-Potion
Roll and add to create a magic potion, then draw it in the cauldron with a printable Halloween game.
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Printable Empathy Games
Spark empathy in young hearts! Download our set of printable empathy games specially crafted for 1st and 2nd grade students.
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Comparing Decimals Game – BUMP!
Compare decimals through the thousandths place with a comparing decimals game designed for 5th-grade students.
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Water Cycle Printable Game
Review stages of the water cycle with a printable dice game.
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Roll to Create a Silly Book Title - Differentiated Writing Activity
Have some fun with a hands-on Read Across America activity using a die and chart to create a silly book title and storybook.
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Roll to Create a Thanksgiving Feast - Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
A fun, hands-on Thanksgiving activity using a die and a chart to create a narrative text.
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Continents and Oceans Roll and Color Game
Learn to identify the continents and oceans of the world with a Continents and Oceans Roll and Color Game.