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More and Less Dice Game

By Karen Cox 24 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure

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This is a simple, easy-prep game you can use to teach more and less to your prekinders.

Teaching More and Less

I used bear counters, but the possibilities are endless. You could use Unifix cubes, flat floral marbles, foam craft shapes, or any other manipulatives to match your theme.

Teaching More and Less

Prepare the activity:

I chose two colors of the bear counters and put them in two baskets (I used red and blue). I used a wooden cube from the craft store to make color dice. You can use white dot stickers, color them the colors you need for your game, and attach them to the sides of the cube. The stickers can be pulled off later to reuse the wooden cube for another game. Since I couldn’t find my dot stickers, I wrapped masking tape around the cube and drew colored dots on the sides of the cube. I gave the dice 3 red sides and 3 blue sides, since you only need to use two colors.

Print out a copy of the grid paper (link at bottom) for each child.

Teaching More and Less

Here’s how to play:

Children roll the cube and name the color. Take a bear of the same color out of the basket and place it in a square on the grid. Continue rolling the cube and placing a bear on the grid until the whole grid is full (one bear per square). Then have children sort the bear colors they have by putting the red ones on one side of their mat and the blue ones on the other side. Count how many of each color. Which has the most, least, or same amount?

Put the bears back in the basket and keep playing!

Teaching More and Less

Download the Math Grids

Download: 10 Square Grid
Download: 15 Square Grid
Download: 20 Square Grid

 

Note: This is a free printable, just click to download.

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24 Comments

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Karen is the founder of PreKinders.com. She also works as a full-time Pre-K teacher in Georgia. Read more...

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  1. Lettie says

    November 5, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    Great activity!

    Thank you!

    Reply
  2. Jan says

    November 5, 2013 at 9:17 pm

    You are amazing …my professor is video me in a small group, this would work great. Do you have another idea i could use ?

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  3. Pamela says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:02 pm

    Thank you so much! I can use this as an assessment tool!!

    Reply
  4. JDaniel4's Mom says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    What a wonderful way to work on more and less! I have pinned this post.

    Reply
  5. Lisa says

    November 5, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    Simple and clever, the children will love this!

    Thank you

    Reply
  6. Rita says

    November 5, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    Good concept. I am going to try it out with my children. Thanks.

    Reply
  7. barghavi says

    November 6, 2013 at 1:42 am

    very nice one. i will enjoy to play and try with other option also.thank you a lot.

    Reply
  8. Doaa Abohashem says

    November 6, 2013 at 8:44 am

    This is amazing game ..

    Reply
  9. denise says

    November 6, 2013 at 8:48 am

    thank you again for your wonderful ideas!
    i’ll use them during this week in class.

    Reply
  10. Gail says

    November 6, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    Thank you! This easy games fits into so many Work Sampling Online Standards–yay!

    Reply
  11. Lisa Alley says

    November 6, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    Hello Karen,

    Thank you for sharing your ideas with me for your Pre-K program. I am always looking for new and exciting ways to keep the children interested in learning.

    God Bless!
    Lisa Alley

    Reply
  12. marie compere says

    November 6, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    I love it. Very helpful

    Reply
  13. jeanette says

    November 6, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    Another great idea! The kids will love this one! Thanks.

    Reply
  14. Jodi says

    November 6, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Counting, sorting, colors, comparing–this idea has it all! Love the simplicity but appreciate all the skills it covers.

    Reply
  15. ruchika says

    November 6, 2013 at 8:10 pm

    wonderful group activity not only to engage kids but also strengthening their concept. thanks

    Reply
  16. Glenda says

    November 6, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    Thanks! This is very helpful because we are doing this skill(1 more/1 less) in Math.

    Reply
  17. Maricel Zimmerman says

    November 7, 2013 at 12:45 pm

    Thanks, this game is very helpful .

    Reply
  18. Wanda says

    November 7, 2013 at 6:02 pm

    Thank you ! It is ver y helpful.

    Reply
  19. Kathryn Pancoast says

    November 7, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    Thank you!! Great activity and the students love it!

    Reply
  20. B. Foley says

    November 8, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Thanks for the grids. I look farward to using them with my students. I will be using them for greater and less than and for counting as well. You have wonderful ideas.

    Reply
  21. Eunice says

    November 9, 2013 at 1:22 am

    It’s a nice and simple game

    Reply
  22. Tessie says

    November 11, 2013 at 4:06 pm

    Thank you for your wonderful ideas.

    Reply
  23. Lina says

    November 12, 2013 at 10:53 am

    Great idea.
    Love it!
    Thanks for sharing with us ^.^v

    Reply
  24. Tuấnhm says

    November 21, 2013 at 6:30 am

    Great game. Our kids will learn a lot of thing through game. Thanks for sharing

    Reply

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