Foam Dice

Early Learning Teaching Your Child Math
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Do you have suggestions for games to play with one or two big foam dice.

Every time I get our new foam dice out my 2 year son just wants drop them from above his head or throw them around the room. If he ever settles down I will try to play simple quantity recognition, matching and addition games. But I cannot come up with any games for the higher quantities. Any ideas?

Thank you,

Mum.

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Nope. We have probably the same dice. But I’m pretty sure throwing the dice around got him used to the idea of dice and he now loves to play war with our (regular sized) dice (we both start out with six dice apiece).

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Thanks DadDude.

I recall reading a thread some time ago in which you referred to your war game. For those of us who are unfamiliar with the game, could you please explain how to play.

Mum.

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http://fun.familyeducation.com/games/card-games/45732.html
http://www.pagat.com/war/war.html

For the dice variant, just use dice instead of cards.

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Thank you again DadDude.

I shall read about War sometime on the weekend. I must detach myself from the computer now and head to bed as I have just noticed it is already early morning here. Flags of Europe and reef fish have kept me up late!

I recently began reading a time management type book that told me in the first few pages something I did not want to hear…“There is no more time.” It goes without saying that I didn’t find time to read much of that book. :laugh:

I have noticed that you have a wide range of interests. Did you hear about the amazing scenes here in Sydney on Wednesday? When my 4 year old daughter woke up at about 6:30 am she said “Mummy, is it sunset?”

Here are some links to photos of our strange storm (another appears to be brewing out west now). I love the Sydney Harbour Bridge shots and the satellite photo from NASA.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/glance/866546/dust-storm-turns-sydney-skies-red
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/skies-in-queensland-nsw-go-red-in-dust-storm/story-e6freuzr-1225778535143?from=public_rss

Good night,

Mum.

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Wow, Mum! I hadn’t heard about the dust storms. How dirty and unhealthy! I think it’s safe to say I’d be staying indoors for a while!