Bowling Dice

 

Bowling Dice - Includes bowling score sheets.

 

A handful of dice doesn't get much more fun than this! Follow the same rules for bowling, except throw dice on the table top instead of throwing a bowling ball down an alley. Symbols on the dice include strike (X), spare (/ on the second turn), downed pin (blank), standing pin.

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Try this:

• Shape the palm before shaking the dice by putting a small ball or round object in the individual's hand and forming the hand around it.  
• Model the cupping position and how to shake the dice before starting to play - fingers together, making a rounded cup in the palm. Often the child will just squeeze the dice tight in the hand and shake the hand, thinking the dice are moving around when they are not.
• Cup both hands, one on top of the other, when throwing all 10 dice. Also practice cupping the hands side-by-side.
• Ask the person to use just one hand for shaking, without dropping any, when throwing fewer dice. 
• Ask the individual to shake 2 or 3 dice in each hand and shake them at the same time without dropping. Takes coordination.
• Pick up the dice and squirrel them into the palm, one at a time, when putting the game away. How many can be held without dropping any?
• Work on visual discrimination, figure ground, palmar arch development and strength, precision fine motor, finger and manual dexterity, tool use and writing in exact spaces, executive functioning skills, process skills, play and leisure exploration and participation

In the box: 10 bowling pin dice, bowling score sheet tablet

 

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