Tools for learning – Dice

I’m currently planning a lesson, and I needed to have a few questions ready, particularly for quick-fire, mental maths. I needed some numbers and almost instinctively grabbed my Dungeons and Dice.

Then as I was rolling, I realised I had a great tool for learning, staring me in the face. In this set, I have D20, D12, D10, D8, D6 and D4. How much fun would it be for a child not to recite answers from a dull page, but instead roll these dice to get the sum?

You can also adjust the difficulty by changing the dice you roll, and if you roll multiple d10, you can get two, three, four or as many digit numbers as you want.

These are inexpensive from amazon or any other hobby story, and you can get them in pretty much any colour. They are also tactile and keep your kids engaged for longer.

They are a great learning tool. Give it a try and comment below. Let me know how your child takes to it.

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