The Cat in the Hat 3 Dice Mat is fun to take out for Dr. Seuss’s birthday or anytime you are exploring his books. Making math fun and trying a children’s book is something I have always tried to do.
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If your children aren’t familiar with Dr. Seuss and his books, you may want to read him one of the books below.
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Cat in the Hat Dice Roll and Cover Mats
This mat asks children to roll two dice and cover the sum of them. There are so many ways that you could cover the sum.
Here are some that I came up with:
- Color the circles with crayons, marks, or colored pencils
- Place a pom-pom over the sum
- Cover the sum with a bean. Maybe a red bean for the red stripes and a white bean for the white stripes
- Buttons would be great fun to cover the circles with
- Construction paper squares would work
- Bingo markers could be used to place dots on the dots
The early learning roll and cover math mat will have children using two dice and the version for older children has them using three dice. Children who need to be able to count on the numbers might benefit from using dice with dots on them. Children ready to work more abstractly could use dice with numbers on them.
Cat in the Hat math activity mats can be used by children rolling and covering numbers on their own or they can do them with a friend. Each can take turns rolling and covering numbers.
Here are some more wonderful Dr. Seuss themed activities:
Thing One and Thing Two Shape Craft Activity for Kids
How to Create a Fox in Socks Sock Puppet
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Algorithm Page
This is a cute idea, and I like that it’s on The Cat in the Hat’s hat. 🙂
I adore this!! My daughter is still working on recognizing her numbers so I love how you made a version with patterning that I can still use with her. 🙂
This is great. I think I’ll print them out for the boys.
Love this! My daughters school is having a Dr Seuss party to celebrate the anniversary this Friday!
I love this activity such a great idea!
Such a cute idea!!
What fun ideas, Deirdre! And thanks for sharing your free printables. I featured your post as the Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and on Pinterest. 🙂
What great activities!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
What fun activities! I love your mats you created. Thank you for the great ideas to do with my little ones. 🙂 Pinning and Sharing.