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My 3 year old son loves dinosaurs and racing anything! I’m sure many other young kids do too. This printable game combines both while helping him learn shapes and count to 5 as well.

Set it up
* Paper and printer
* crayons/color pencils/markers to color in the boxes
* scissors to cut out the dice template
* glue to stick down the tabs of the dice
* optional: card to print the dice template on
* optional: laminator to make the game reusable
* optional: dry erase markers instead of crayons if laminating or you can also use some kind of manipulative/counter instead of shading the boxes


Start it up
Simply roll the dice and see which shape comes up. Then shade one of the corresponding boxes and see which shape gets 5 shaded boxes first. That’s the winner!
My son found the game pretty straightforward as he’s used to getting 3-step directions. If you’re using the worksheet with younger children they may need to be shorter instructions.
He also didn’t want to stop at just having one shape ‘win’ the race. He wanted them all to cross the finish line. So it actually kept him entertained for a good 30 minutes at least because that’s how long it took for him to roll 5 of each shape.
Learning shapes, counting to 5, promoting patience and even cultivating fair sportsmanship all in one game!
And that half an hour of him being kept busy was priceless 🙂

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