Preschool Math: Learning With Dominoes

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Digging around in a forgotten cupboard drawer, I found a dusty old box of dominoes. My preschooler had never seen dominoes before and I realized that even though she wasn’t ready to play the actual game, that didn’t mean she couldn’t use the tiles as a fun math learning tool.

Just taking each one out and counting how many she had in her pile was fun enough for her.

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After a while, she discovered she could count the black dots and match up tiles with the same number of dots – both lying flat and standing upright.

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We also snuck in some letter and shape building, to work on our fine motor and spatial skills.

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The best thing about this activity was that we were able to use something we already owned and there was no prep time required.  Plus, we’re on our way to learning a new game!

Ideas for Introducing Preschool Math Concepts With Dominoes

  • Count the number of dots on each tile
  • Find matching tiles and stack them together
  • Line up tiles end to end by matching up the number of dots on each tile
  • Form stacks of a set number of tiles (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.)
  • Write numbers on pieces of paper and ask your preschooler to place the correct number of tiles on the corresponding piece of paper
  • Create shapes or letters with the tiles
  • Construct 3-dimensional shapes or towers with the dominoes

The Quirky Mommas love to make learning fun.  Check out these other fun math ideas for preschoolers:

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Comments

  1. I would not have thought to get dominoes out for my little girl but now I can’t wait to do this!

  2. I can’t wait to try this with my 3 year old son. It’s hard coming up with new learning activities for him. I think this will be a great way to teach and still have fun. Do you have a Facebook page where I can start following your site?

  3. Hi Courtney!
    You can follow me at The Outlaw Mom Blog here: http://www.facebook.com/TheOutlawMom, where I post about learning through play for toddlers and preschoolers, and all of the fabulous bloggers at Kids Activities Blog here: http://www.facebook.com/QuirkyMomma.

    Glad to have you with us and I hope you and your son have fun with this activity :-)

  4. Wow! This is a great idea for preschool. I am sure that kids will really enjoy this activity. Thanks for sharing and keep posting!

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