{"id":3137,"date":"2018-12-21T06:11:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2018-12-21T18:31:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T18:31:54","slug":"rainbow-antlers-dice-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/12\/21\/rainbow-antlers-dice-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Reindeer Antlers Dice Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nPaper or Solo cup<br \/>\n2 craft sticks<br \/>\n6 spring-type clothespins<br \/>\nSmall paper plate or piece of cardboard<br \/>\n2 googly eyes<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Pompom for nose<br \/>\n<\/span>Glue gun<br \/>\nScissors or Exacto knife<br \/>\nA die (1\/2 a pair of dice J)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nUse the glue gun to glue the googly eyes and the pompom to the cup, making the reindeer\u2019s face.&nbsp; Put a little glue around the base of the cup and stick it to the paper plate for stability.&nbsp; Cut a slit in the top of the cup wide enough to insert the craft sticks, which are the base of the antlers.&nbsp; Demonstrate to your child how to drop the die and touch the dots as you count them.&nbsp; One-to-one correspondence is tricky for children under 5, which is why they should touch each dot.&nbsp; They tend to rote count faster than their finger moves!&nbsp; Once they\u2019ve counted the dots on the die, they may put that number of clothespins&nbsp; &nbsp;on the craft sticks, creating antlers.&nbsp; After they\u2019ve added the clothespins, remove them, and try it again!&nbsp; Additionally, squeezing the clothespins is also great fine-motor practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Paper or Solo cup 2 craft sticks 6 spring-type clothespins Small paper plate or piece of cardboard 2 googly eyes Pompom for nose Glue gun Scissors or Exacto knife A die (1\/2 a pair of dice J) Directions&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Use the glue gun to glue the googly eyes and the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/12\/21\/rainbow-antlers-dice-game\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reindeer Antlers Dice Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":3138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3160,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3137\/revisions\/3160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}