Teacher guide · Wishing Dice

Dice games for English class: how to play

Dice big enough for the back row — for turns, for numbers, or for a board game you already play.

At a glance

Three ways to play it differently once the class knows the rules.

Roll and name
Roll one die: the number that lands is how many words from today's topic the child names.
Add it up in English
Roll two or three dice and let the class say the sum out loud before checking the total in the wax.
Any board game
Use them as the dice for a printed board game: the whole room sees every roll, and nobody argues.

Word lists that suit it, with pictures and translations.

Interactive Game

A painted carnival wheel with your class on its slices. Spin it, hear the ratchet slow, and a ticket prints with the lucky name.

Interactive Game

A monkey shows the move, the ring counts it down, and the next card flips up. Every deck ends calm enough to sit back down.

Interactive Game

A secret word arrives on a painter's palette and you draw it on a real easel canvas — brush sounds, paint-blob colours and a skylight for a timer.

Interactive Game

A torchlit great hall where every team is a banner — each point hoists it higher, a crest stamps the cloth, and the crown drifts to the leader.

Teacher Tool
Online dice roller
One, two or three big dice, numbered 1–3, 1–6 or 1–10 — with the total added up for you.
Interactive Game · 1–10 min
Moon Hourglass
Turn the glass and stardust starts to fall. The moon ring empties with the minutes, and a soft gong says the time is up.
Interactive Game · 5–15 min
Garden of Pairs
Every card is a seed packet in a walled garden. Turn one and it blooms; find its twin and the pair stays in flower, with a butterfly to prove it.
Worksheet
The Fish Wish — worksheet
The story, questions with one right answer, four sentences to order and a box to draw in.