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Block Stacking Dice Game

Looking for a quick set up game for preschoolers? Try this Block Stacking Dice Game. All you need are dice and blocks. It doesn’t get any easier than that. This is a great play based learning activity because preschoolers are encouraged to count and stack blocks, which in itself has many benefits.

Block Stacking Dice Game by Kidz Activities

Block Stacking Dice Game

What you need:

  • Dice
  • Wooden Blocks

I highly recommend for toddlers and preschoolers to have a set of good quality blocks. There are just so many benefits with playing with blocks. It gives a lot of opportunity for imaginative, creative and open ended play. It also develops hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, fine motor skills and hand strength.

How to Play the Block Stacking Dice Game:

  1. The youngest player rolls the dice. Encourage preschoolers to count the number of dots on the dice.
  2. Now it’s time to stack some blocks… The child starts to build a tower by stacking the number of blocks indicated on the dice.
  3. The next player rolls the dice. And creates his/her own tower by stacking the number of blocks indicated on the dice.

Block Stacking Dice Game by Kidz Activities_How to Play

The game continues until one player’s tower falls down.


Block Stacking Dice Game Variation: For an older set of kids (4-5 year olds), you can make it more challenging by building only ONE tower among all players. That is, on a player’s turn, he or she does NOT build his/her own tower. Rather, this player puts their blocks on top of the existing tower created by the previous player.

Block Stacking Dice Game Benefits for Preschoolers

These are just some of the benefits of a Block Stacking Dice Game for Preschoolers…

  • Counting skills are reinforced
  • Games improve kids’ social skills, as they are encouraged to take turns
  • Block Stacking improves hand eye coordination, hand strength and fine motor skills
  • Blocks help kids understand spatial concepts
  • Stacking blocks and the game itself enhances logical thinking
  • Kids learn to think in advance and experiment, as they learn to prioritize using shapes they think will be more stable than others
  • Helps preschoolers focus and concentrate on a task
  • It’s fun and challenging. And it can also provide lots of laughs!

Block Stacking Dice Game for Preschoolers

Will you be playing this Block Stacking Dice Game with your preschooler? We certainly hope so. It provides a lot of developmental and learning benefits for young kids. It’s easy to set up. And it’s a lot of fun!

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