Dice Games Teaching Resources
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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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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Roll and Round Dice Game
Help your student refine their rounding skills with this set of 7 printable math games.
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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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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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Back to School - Getting to Know You Dice Roll
Play a back-to-school dice game for students to get to know their classmates.
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Rolling to 100 Board Game
Practice counting to 100 by 1's with this interactive hundreds chart board game for multiple players.
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Roll It! Read It! Write It! - Dolch Grade 2 Sight Words
Practice reading and writing Dolch’s Grade 2 sight words with this board game for multiple players.
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Roll It! Read It! Write It! - Dolch Primer Sight Words
Practice reading and writing high-frequency Dolch Primer sight words with this board game for up to 6 players.
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Roll to Create a Superhero Character
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a superhero to include in a comic.
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Roll to Create a Groundhog Story
A fun, hands-on Groundhog Day activity using a die and a chart to create a narrative text.
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Roll to Create a New World
A printable, roll-to-create activity where students draw and name a new world.
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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 to Create an Animal - Adaptations Activity
Roll to choose cool animal adaptations for a mystery animal using a fun dice game and report template.
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Christmas Writing Prompt Dice Game - Roll-a-Story
Roll a Christmas Writing Prompt and write a fun Christmas story with our printable Christmas Dice activities.
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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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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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Roll and Respond – Thanksgiving Dice Game
Roll the die and write about Thanksgiving traditions with a fun Thanksgiving Game.
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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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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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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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Fire Prevention Month Game - Fire Safety Charades Dice Roll
Roll the die and act out various fire safety scenarios with a Fire Safety Dice Roll activity.
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Roll to Create a Haunted House Halloween Activity
Have some spooky Halloween fun with a Roll-to-Create Halloween Art activity.
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Roll to Create a Spooky Halloween Scene
Create a spooky scene to include in a narrative text using a die and a chart with this fun, hands-on Halloween activity.
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Physical Activity Dice Template
A set of 8-sided dice to use when incorporating physical movement into a lesson or activity.
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Comparing Decimals – Bump Game
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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Decimals on Number Lines - Math Game
Review how to identify and place decimals on a number line with a set of printable math games.
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Roll and Find – Figurative Language Worksheet
Explore, identify and interpret figurative language with this engaging roll and find activity.
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Absolute Value – Bump! Games
Find the absolute value of whole numbers, decimals, and fractions with this set of Bump! games.
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Rounding Decimals – Bump! Games
Review how to round decimals with this set of printable math games.
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100th Day of School Dice Games - Roll to 100 Challenge
Roll your way through the 100th Day with dice games for kids.