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.
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Chance and Data Maths Investigation - Roll Me a Six!
A mathematics investigation involving chance and data, embedded in a real-world context.
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Perimeter and Area Dice Game
Use this area and perimeter dice game as a pair activity during your maths lessons on measurement.
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Order of Operations Dice Game
A set of 6 order of operations dice activity mats.
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3-Digit Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about the place value of three-digit numbers.
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Roll and Write - Telling Time Dice Game
Have fun learning how to tell time with a Roll and Write Telling Time Dice Game!
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences
An interactive activity to help students practise writing simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about the place value of two-digit numbers.
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Roll to Create a Creature Game
Roll a die and use the chart to create a creature to include in a Halloween Story or a comic strip.
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Roll and Round Dice Game Set of 7 Rounding Games
Help your student refine their rounding skills with this set of 7 printable maths games.
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Roll and Cover – Telling Time to the Minute
Practise telling to the minute with this roll and cover game
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Array, Array, Go Away Dice Game
Reinforce how to match arrays and multiplication facts with this printable dice game.
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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.
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Double Plus One - Dice Roll Worksheet
A worksheet to help students demonstrate their understanding of near doubles.
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Comparing Decimals — Year 5 Bump Game
Compare decimals through the thousandths place with a comparing decimals game designed for year 5 students.
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Roll to Create a Silly Book Title – Differentiated Writing Activity
Print a differentiated literacy activity using dice and a chart to create a silly book title and storybook.
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Roll It Operations Game
Use this fun game to consolidate your students' knowledge of operations.
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Roll to Create an Animal - Adaptations Game
Roll to create an animal with cool adaptations using a fun dice game and report template.
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Roll and Read – Sight Words (Version 1)
A fun game for students to practice reading sight words.
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Consonant Digraph Cover Up Game
Practise consonant digraphs with your students with this set of two fun partner cover up games.
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Subject Verb Agreement Dice Game
A dice game for pairs of students to practise subject verb agreement and sentence writing.
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Coordinating Conjunctions Dice Game
Use this hands on activity for students to create two 8 sided-dice and write compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions.
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Printable Empathy Games
Spark empathy in young hearts! Download our set of printable empathy games specially crafted for year 1 and 2 students.
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Roll to Create a Comic
A fun, hands-on activity using a dice and a chart to create a comic strip story.
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Roll to Create a Treasure Map
A fun, hands-on activity using a dice and a chart to create a treasure map.
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Subitising Dice - Numbers 1 to 9
Subitising is the process of immediately recognising how many items are in a small group.
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Roll Me a Discount! Board Game
Use this printable interactive dice game to consolidate understanding of discounts and sale price.
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Group It Many Ways – Multiplication Activity
Promote hands-on learning with this activity, where students will practise making equal groups to represent multiplication.
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Onset and Rime Roll-a-Word Game
Build real and nonsense words by blending onsets and rimes with this hands-on literacy game.
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Roll to Create a Superhero Character
A fun, hands-on activity using dice and a chart to create a superhero.
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Roll and Read – Sight Words (Version 3)
A fun game for students to practice reading sight words.
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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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Weathering vs. Erosion vs. Deposition Vocabulary Game
Guide your students to review weathering, erosion and deposition vocabulary words with this free dice game.