Math Games with Dominos and Dice

 

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Domino Addition With Manipulatives

D is for Dominoes - Let's Play MORE OR LESS!

I'm always looking for different ways to teach our essential elements. I especially like it if I can find a unique way to make it a game. This one hit me out of the blue, partly because we're currently studying the letter D.

MORE OR LESS with Dominoes

This works best with up to 4 children. I selected those who need help with their math skills, including one-to-one correspondence.

* Place the dominoes upside-down and shuffle. Start with yourself as the Leader.
* Leader turns over one domino. Everyone counts the number of dots.
* One at a time, each child turns over a domino, and counts the dots. The object of the game is to have the SAME or MORE than the Leader. If a student has LESS, he's out until the end of the game. The rest of the students who met or had more than the Leader put their dominoes back into the pile, and the Leader shuffles to draw again.
* The last person left to meet or have more than the Leader, wins, and she becomes the new Leader. Begin the next game.

Domino 6

Play dominoes up to 6! In the beginning, I put out a small "cheat sheet" to help those students who needed it. (Ex: 6 + 0, 5 + 1, 4 + 2, 3 + 3).

The rules are simple:

*Put dominoes face-down on table, shuffle, and put to the side.
*First person draws first domino. First domino always goes into the middle.
*Next person draws a domino. Depending on the first domino, a match has to equal 6. (See pic.)
*If the domino drawn cannot match, the next person draws. If it does match, the player places it but doesn't draw again.
*BE SURE the next player checks their "on hand" dominoes to see if any of them can be played, before drawing from the pile.

*When all dominoes have been drawn, keep going around the circle to see if a player can play from his "on hand".
*Winner is the first person to use up all his dominoes. Or, when all dominoes that can be played have been used, the winner is the person with the fewest dominoes left.