Activity of the Week – Dot and Boxes
YPlay Learning Resources for Kids December 09, 2021

What do you need:
- Dotted paper – click here to print or draw it yourself
- 1 or 2 dice
- Markers
How to play the game:
There are so many games you can play with dotted paper! Here are some examples:
Game #1:
- Each person gets a different colour marker.
- Take turns circling 1 dot, then 2 dots, then 3 dots, and keep going down the number line.
- However, the rule is, you cannot cross any lines.
- See what the biggest number is you can get to as a team, or the first person who can’t circle their number of dots without crossing lines loses.
- Or take turns rolling the dice and circle the number you rolled.
Game #2:
- Use two dice and each player get a different colour of marker
- Roll the dice and add up the two numbers.
- Use the dots to help you and circle around the number of dots the two numbers add up to.
- Then write the equation in the circle.
Game #3:
- Each person gets a different colour marker.
- Players take turns connecting two dots either vertically or horizontally.
- Once you make a box, you can put your first initial in the box (for example, if your name is Abby, you would put A in the box)
- The player with the most initials on the page wins!
Game #4:
- Each player get a different colour marker.
- Print off this dotted page with sight words or copy the dots on the page and use your own sight words.
- Players take turns connecting two dots either vertically or horizontally.
- Once you make a box, copy the sight word in the box.
- The player with the most words at the end wins!
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