Birthday dominoes
Instructions
- Cut out the dominoes and optionally laminate them.
- As children play with the dominoes, you can encourage them to count the candles on each tile. Children can find matching domino tiles and group them together. They can also line them up end-to-end by matching the number of candles on each tile, or they can play the traditional game of dominoes in a small group.
Following the instructions there are 4 different examples of the dominoes. Each of the dominoes has a birthday cake on each side. Each cake has a different number of candles in them.
After the dominoes pictures it also advises the following. You can also use the ‘Number charts’ printable as a refresher for this activity. All printables can be downloaded from the ELLA website.
Domino 1 has a cake with 1 candle and a cake with 5 candles
Domino 2 has a cake with 1 candle and a cake with 2 candles
Domino 3 has both cakes with 2 candles
Domino 4 has a cake with 1 candle and a cake with 4 candles
Domino 5 has both cakes with 1 candle
Domino 6 has a cake with 2 candles and a cake with 3 candles
Domino 7 has a cake with 1 candle and a cake with 3 candles
Domino 8 has a cake with 2 candles and a cake with 1 candle
Domino 9 has a cake with 2 candles and a cake with 4 candles
Domino 10 has a cake with 2 canddles and a cake with 5 candles
Domino 11 has both cakes with 3 candles
Domino 12 has a cake with 4 candles and a cake with 1 candle
Domino 13 has a cake with 3 candles and a cake with 1 candle
Domino 14 has a cake with 3 candles and a cake with 4 candles
Domino 15 has a cake with 4 candles and a cake with 2 candles
Domino 16 has a cake with 3 candles and a cake with 2 candles
Domino 17 has a cake with 3 candles and a cake with 5 candles
Domino 18 has a cake with 4 candles and a cake with 3 candles
Domino 19 has both cakes with 4 candles
Domino 20 has a cake with 5 candles and a cake with 2 candles
Domino 21 has a cake with 5 candles and a cake with 4 candles
Domino 22 has a cake with 4 candles and a cake with 5 candles
Domino 23 has a cake with 5 candles and a cake with 3 candles
Domino 24 has both cakes with 5 candles
Domino 25 has a cake with 5 candles and a cake with 1 candle