It took a lot of practice over a couple of years before the boys could identify the number of spots on the dice without counting them.  Jeanie Fair February 2023 | 6 min read     Harry playing Dice Fury. Playing With Dice Teddy and Harry have always enjoyed dice games. Teddy in particular enjoys this kind of organised play. When he was about three or four, he made up a game called ‘traffic jam’ whereby he would line up all his cars and roll the dice. He would then move each car along this number of invisible places along the sofa or the kitchen floor. The spaces he moved the cars were not equally measured but he seemed to know where they should all go. This game would take him all over the house. We have continued to play dice games as a family and also as a way to practise and develop maths skills. Using dice brings a fun and playful element to developing maths skills and requires very little resources. If you want to know more about maths games beyond dice then be sure to check out