Feed the Squirrels Counting Dice Game
Acorn count-and-cover dice game: children roll one die or a pair, cover an acorn with that many counters, then count every counter on the page once all six acorns are filled.

- Grades
- Preschool–Pre-K, Grade 1, Elementary
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Math, Numbers
- Topic
- squirrel math, counting activity
- Resource types
- Games, Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
Feed the Squirrels is a fun math counting activity for your students to enjoy! All you need is a dice, counters and these printables! Students will roll the dice (or the pair of dice) and use their counters to cover the acorn with that number. When they are finished covering all 6 acorns, they can count the total number of counters they have placed on the entire page. This individual activity could also serve as a partner game. The student with the most counters wins!
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Count out a set of counters to match a number rolled
- Count the total number of objects in a collection
Teaching tips
- Dice and counters are not included
- Moving from one die to a pair of dice raises the numbers children count to
Skills covered
- One-to-one correspondence — children place counters to match the number rolled on each acorn
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Counting
- One-to-one correspondence
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