Fun Fall Leaves Math Grid Games

Celebrate Fall with fun easy math grid games for two or more players that promotes math manipulation, strategy, reading and plant identification…plus possibly getting to eat the game pieces! Included are versions for Pre-K through Kindergarten, First through Second Grade and Third through Fourth Grade.

Printed Game Board with five columns. Brown, yellow, orange, green and red with printed leavers at the top, a wooden die and printed leaf game markers.

Fall is a tricky thing in Texas. Some years we have a glorious fall with all the colors, swirling leaves and cool crisp weather. And then there are the years we go straight from late brutally hot summer to winter in less than a week…

NO fall. That’s okay. Just turn down the AC, heat up some apple cider and play a few Easy Fun Fall Leaves Math Grid games.

The Easy Fun Fall Leaves Math Grid Game

Here’s What You Need:

Printed Grids

Laminated if you’re using edible markers for Beginner, Simple or Advanced version.

Game Markers

Edible markers can be cheerios, berries, apple chunks, ginger snaps, popcorn etc. Non-edible markers could be the ones included in the download or flattened marbles, pennies, buttons, etc.

One 1-6 die

Numerals or dots. For the Advanced version, you’ll need two dice.

One die with a different color on each side

Simple and Advanced versions of the game. If you don’t have one of these you can make one by putting paper tape on each side of a regular die and coloring in the appropriate colors. The Beginner version only needs the numbered die.

Printed sheet with a drawn acorn, ginkgo leaf, oak leaf, pine needles and maple leaf across the top and six columns each numbered vertically one to six six columns one brown, one yellow, one orange, one green and one red.

Start with the Super Easy Beginner Game for Pre-K and Kindergarten

This version of the game is perfect for young kiddos learning to move from left to right, counting out loud and placing markers accurately on the grid. Additionally they begin to be aware of the distinct leaf shapes and tree names.

The player rolls the die and places markers on the grid starting from the upper left hand side moving across to the right and down the chart (the same pattern used in reading).
The first player to fill up their grid wins and the markers (if edible) are eaten. There is no set number of rounds, so play until the little ones lose interest or until all the “markers” are eaten.
Keeping score is completely optional.

Step Up to the Simple Fall Leaf Grid Game for First and Second Grade

Each person gets a grid sheet and access to a whole lot of markers (about 30 for the simple version and 60 for the advanced) We put our markers in a big bowl for everyone to draw from when it’s their turn.

Ptined game board with cartoon acorn, ginkgo, oak, pine and sweet gum leaves at the top of five columns of numbers

The first player rolls the numbered and colored dice.
Each side on the colored die coordinates with a leaf and tells the player in which column to put the marker.
The number die tells them which number to cover.
If the number they roll is already covered they can’t do anything, and play passes to the next player.
If the player rolls blue, they get to pick who has to remove a piece from their grid.
If you’re using edible markers this means that player eats one of his markers!
The first person to cover all the spaces under one leaf wins that round.
You can set how many rounds will be played beforehand or you can just play until all the markers are gone!

Printed sheet with a drawn acorn, ginkgo leaf, oak leaf, poine needles and sweet gum leaf across the top and six columns each numbered vertically one to six

Or Play the Advanced Fall Leaf Grid Game for Third and Fourth Grade

This version of the game is for kids who have graduated to multiplication and division. Use the longer chart (two pages numbered 0 – 12) for this one. In addition to the longer chart, you’ll notice there is also a zero included in each column.

The players now roll three dice; the two numbered ones and the colored one.
The color die still indicates which column is played.
But now the two numbers are used to create a number sentence with the answer being the number covered by a marker.
Any math function may be used. Players will quickly realize that where 6×6=36 won’t work on the chart, 6÷6 =1, 6-6=0 or 6+6=12 will.