The Cheerios Game

Of course, you could replace the word Cheerios for almost any kind of cereal. Or you could play with gummy bears, or Goldfish crackers, or whatever fits your learning theme.

What you'll need:

a die - we made a special one for Bear that only has 1, 2, and 3 dots since we are working on understanding the numbers one to three. A normal die could be used, or two dice to practice up to 12.

cereal

How you play:

We started off with 12 Cheerios each on a plate. You could choose any number.
Then one player rolls the die. The number rolled is the number of Cheerios eaten that turn. The next player plays (or just the child could play, but it is more fun to see who finishes first). Play continues until all the Cheerios are gone.

Extensions:

When Bear got down to one or two Cheerios left on her plate, I would ask her how many Cheerios were left and she would count them.

Bear asked for the die at dinner. She kept rolling the die and counting the dots and then taking that number of bites of soup. She ate a lot more soup than I imagined she would eat by playing.

I can see the die spending time in the toddler bag, along with a container of Cheerios, and playing this at a restaurant while waiting for the food to arrive.