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DIY Wooden Maths Dice

February 18, 2015 by Anna Ranson

Make some lovely DIY wooden dice for maths games for school aged children to enjoy! Great as a resource to add to the play cupboard, maths shelves in the classroom or homeschool learning environment and for free pay and exploration, in combination with so many other hands-on materials.
This is the next in a series of wonderful guest posts from talented bloggers around the world, while I enjoy my baby-moon with my newest addition. Enjoy!
DIY wooden math dice for elementary math learning from And Next Comes L
Hello lovely The Imagination Tree readers! I’m Dyan and I blog at And Next Comes L, where I write about light table activities, music activities, math activities, sensory play, and hyperlexia. When I first started exploring sensory play with my oldest as a baby, Anna’s blog was one of the first that I fell in love with. Plus, her no-cook play dough recipe is simply the best! So, of course, I was delighted when she asked me to guest post for her. Today I’m sharing a simple DIY math idea that can be tailored to kids of various ages.

 

Simple math tray for kids using DIY wooden math dice from And Next Comes L

 

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These DIY wooden math dice were so easy to make. Here’s what you’ll need:

  • Mini wood cubes – I found a bag of 42 cubes for $1 at my local dollar store.
  • Permanent markers
Depending on what your child’s abilities are, you can make math dice to suit their skills. Since my five year old has hypernumeracy, he is well beyond simple addition and subtraction problems. He even does quite well at multiplying and some division. So for my math dice set, I created dice with numbers up to 30 and included some multiplication and division signs.
DIY wooden dice from And Next Comes L

I also made one special die with the numbers 0, 5, and 10 on it so that the multiplication ones weren’t too complicated for him. So feel free to tailor the wooden dice to whatever numbers your child would be comfortable with.

Solving math problems using DIY wooden math dice from And Next Comes L

I simply pair these DIY wooden math dice with some paper and a pencil, then let my five year old lead the way. And as you can see, he is quite good at adding these big numbers.

Solving math problems using DIY wooden math dice from And Next Comes L
If you enjoyed this math activity, then be sure to check out my DIY wooden base ten blocks. You can also follow me on: Facebook | Pinterest | Google+ | Instagram | Twitter | Stumbleupon | Tumblr
DIY wooden math dice for elementary math learning from And Next Comes L
And search the Maths Play archives here on The Imagination Tree for plenty more play-based, hands-on activities to try too!

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Filed Under: Addition, Age, Blocks, Counting, DIY, Games, How To, Learn, Make, Math, Numbers, Resources, School Age, Subtraction, Toys & Games Tagged With: DIY, Maths Play, Playful Maths

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