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Joanne
Lifestyle Coordinator
Cover the Number - Dice Game
This is a game I made to play with residents.
Equipment
The template I made can be printed on either A4 or A3 - depending on eyesight. I laminated my templates.
Chips to cover the numbers (16 per player)
2 dice
Aim
Roll two dice, then residents choose what number/s to cover, depending on their roll. eg: roll a 5 & 3 - they can cover the numbers 5 & 3 OR cover number 8.
First to cover all their number wins.
The residents that choose to cover the bigger numbers first, rather than the 2 smaller normally win, as it gets a lot harder to roll the bigger numbers as the game goes on.
When the remaining numbers are below 7, the player may choose to roll only one die. Otherwise, the player must roll both dice.
Note: a second, alternative template for this game has been supplied by David and attached to this game. Try them both and see what works best for you!
Is the template suppose to be all the same number???
Does each person roll the dice themself ?
Hi Tina, yes each resident has their own sheet and rolls their own dice. There are duplicates because they will roll duplicates. Let me know if you have any questions
Hi Tina
You can adapt and modify the game anyway you need to depending on the skill of the residents playing
What happens if the last number on their card is a 1?
If the remaining numbers are below 7, the player may roll only one die. Otherwise, the player must roll both dice.
I played this with my residents today. They loved it so much they had another game. Will definately play again. Thanks
Thanks so much for your feedback Janelle!
Hi there. we played this game today but some of the rules were not clear. If they throw a five and a two (for example) towards the end of the game, can they just cover one of those numbers instead of both or the sum of them? One member had only one number left (a 1) and unless she can cover just one of the two numbers thrown, the game would never end! Can you please clarify. Thanks.
If the remaining numbers are below 7, the player may roll only one die. Otherwise, the player must roll both dice. I will add this to the instructions!
Bunco is another fun dice this game is easily adapted to meet the needs of those playing
https://www.goldencarers.com/search/#stq=bunco&stp=1
This sounds like a great idea! I'm going to use it tomorrow. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this game! I will try it with the residents at my work and will let you know.
Thank you,
Milene
Hello
Would you mind explaining what is difference between the two print out pages ?
Hi Simonne, if you read through David's comment on this activity, he put together a different version of the template to use depending on what works best for you. His template contains smaller and repeated numbers so that people get to cover more numbers. You can use either template!
I took the template and added two more 1's , two more 2's, two more 3's, two more 4's, so now they have three 1's, three 2's, three 3's, three 4's, two 5's, two 6's, two 7's, two 8's, and one 9, 10, 11, and 12. Since so many throws of the dice are these smaller numbers, they get to cover some more numbers. It doesn't take any longer, because so often the 11 and 12 are the last numbers anyway, but now and then those numbers are covered early, then they have more numbers to cover. I often hear, "Oh, I do have a 3 and a 5, or Oh, I do have a 1 and a 4"!
They seem to have more fun, and there is room to put all those numbers in the first and fourth column. Sorry, I don't know how to attach the image.
David
David's template has been shared!
Can you please take a photo and send it
This sounds great David, I will send you a private message so you can share your template with us if you would like to.
Ok I’m a bit confused on how to play this game. I rolled the dice each time and let them choose what numbers to cover, but everyone ended up covering the whole card at the same time, so everyone won
Hi Debra, each of the residents have a turn at rolling the two dice. The person who rolled the dice gets to pick what they cover on their own sheet eg: roll a 4 and 6, they can cover those 2 numbers or the number 10. That is the end of their turn and pass the dice to the next player who then rolls and they may roll a 3 and 4, so they can cover those numbers or the number 7 on their sheet. That's the end of their turn and they pass it on, and so it repeats. If they roll numbers that are already covered, then they miss that turn.
I hope this has helped to explain it better.
Jo
This is a fantastic activity my folk especially the men love it, Thanks for sharing.
Isn't Golden Carer's a fantastic site
Jodi
Thanks so much for your feedback Jodi! Dice games are great for the men, aren't they!
I am a new member and see I am not alone in my appreciation for this site. As a volunteer I am pretty much on my own to find new ideas for our friends. I commented earlier on the Cover the Number game and thought I would add another comment in general. Many of the clients I work with have some form of memory loss so it is important they continue to make as many choices for themselves as possible. We needed more dice I went to Amazon and ordered a package of 100 dice in 10 different colors. Now everyone gets to choose the color to use for any dice game they are playing. For those who have a hard time making a choice I give them a choice of two colors. Keep up the great work!
Hi Carol, I'm pleased that your residents like the dice game. I change it sometimes and make different shapes with the numbers.
I am a volunteer in a day facility and we tried this game out today. We did one person at a time and they were helping each other out and had a great time. We did laminate the sheets and each person had their own dice. Thanks for the game.
Thanks for your feedback Carol, this is great to hear!
Thanks Joanne, I actually had 23 residents playing this game on Tuesday, I did print out sheets & I taped them to cardboard, did not laminate them as I find markers are more secure on actual sheets.
I also purchased packs 10 dice for $2 & was able to give each resident their own plastic cup with 2 dice per cup & that made them feel as they were in control.
I called "roll" & I would just help them with their choice of number.
They loved the game.
I work in a Retirement Village but in that group that played this game I had cognitive, dementia & sight impaired & all coped well with assistance.
Thank you,
Kerry
Awesome love this way
Thanks Joanne! We're always on the lookout for new dice games.
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