If you own pocket cubes, check out this HUGE collection of pocket cubes learning activities!
When kids can manipulate and touch while learning, they are learning by doing. Learning by doing is a HIGHLY effective way to motivate learners. Learners are also more apt to remember if they learn by doing. That’s just one reason I love these pocket cubes!
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In this post, you’ll find SIMPLE and HANDS-ON printable learning ideas for using your pocket cubes. These can be used with the Photo Stacking Blocks and/or Carson Dellosa’s Differentiated Learning Cubes. If you don’t have either one, you can purchase them.
Photo Stacking Blocks
Differentiated Learning Cubes
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Why Pocket Cubes?
They’re durable. We’ve had our Photo Stacking Blocks for about 5 years. They’ve been sat upon, thrown, and stood on…and are still going strong!
They’re soft and can be tossed without damaging people or things.
They’re quiet, which means they can work well in a classroom setting. Real dice? not always so quiet.
They’re HIGHLY adaptable. You can insert anything you want into each side so they can work with any subject. AND storage for the inserts is a BREEZE because the inserts are flat.
They’re different. Sometimes changing up an activity just a little bit can get kids interested when they wouldn’t be otherwise.
They’re hands-on. They get kids moving and manipulating, which is a great thing according to brain research.
Pocket Cubes Learning Activities
Roll the Alphabet– Take letter learning to a whole new level of fun! Inserts include pictures for each letter of the alphabet and letters to help connect the letter name with the letter sound. Click HERE to download these.
Alphabet Inserts – This freebie comes with lots of options! You can print just letters, pictures, or letters plus pictures! Check out the activities that you could try in my post!
Roll a Number– Use in place of smaller dice for any activity. This was such a fun activity for my preschooler!
Comparing Numbers in the Hundreds – Roll and compare numbers 100-999 with these cute number pocket cubes. You could also print these and use them for other number activities.
Roll a Syllable- Find a roll a syllable activity in almost every pack of Reading the Alphabet and our Seasonal Pre-K/K Pack.
Roll Spelling Words– Tons of phonics inserts are included in my ebook, Printable Spelling Activities & Games.
Roll a Word Family– You can find activities for rolling word families in our FREE BOB Books printables or Reading the Alphabet.
Roll a Simple Sentence– If you’re child is already writing sentences, but you need to extend that learning to help them understand what should be included in a simple sentence, this activity is PERFECT!
Roll a Silly Sentence– Once kids understand the simple sentence, have them roll a SILLY sentence. This activity is SURE to turn over that giggle box!
Roll a Longer Sentence– Now that kids understand how to create a simple sentence, expand their sentences by rolling longer sentences.
Roll & Write Quotations – Not only can you edit these inserts, kids can have fun deciding what each person says as they write their quotes!
Roll & Write Different Kinds of Sentences– This is another fun sentence writing activity will have kids begging for more. Kids roll two dice, one with a word and one with the kind of sentence they need to write with the word on a recording sheet.
Roll a Sight Word– With over 250 inserts included {and an editable page, too}, you’re sure to find what your students need!
Roll a Short Vowel Word– This is a pack I made for Free Homeschool Deals and is a fun way to work on reading and spelling short vowel words.
Roll a Long Vowel Word– Spelling long vowel word patterns is tricky because they can be spelled several different ways. Use this long vowel rolling activity to help kids use the spelling strategy of “Does it look right?” to help them work on these
Roll & Write Adjectives– Such a SILLY way to work on adding adjectives to make sentences more interesting.
Seasonal Pocket Cube Inserts
Add a little fun to your blocks with these seasons inserts. {These are the seasonal inserts I have created so far, with more to come.}
Fall Themed Cube Inserts
Winter Themed Cube Inserts
Don’t have pocket cubes? Grab some by clicking on the images below!
Photo Stacking BlocksDifferentiated Learning Cubes
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Enjoy!
~Becky
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