The boys and I have been playing a dice game to practice multiplication facts.

Simply roll two dice and multiply the numbers, write down your score, and add them up at the end.

The kids get practice with single-digit multiplication and adding a column of numbers (we rolled ten times each).

For added practice, we roll one die for a final multiplier. This gives them a problem to work out multiplying a (usually) three-digit number by a one-digit number.

One drawback is that the dice only go up to 6.

One possible solution is to buy dice with more sides. Another is to draw cards, instead of rolling dice.

The title of this comic is not kid-friendly, but wouldn’t this - or something similar - make a fun homeschool project?