Great Homeschooling Links: Teaching Place Value

The following is a post from contributing writer Lauren from Mama’s Learning Corner.

While worksheets have their place in practicing place value, it’s always fun to practice math concepts with hands-on ideas.  The following links provide a variety of ideas for teaching place value in fun ways.

Flip Book for Place Value

Place the Digits Math Game – Teach Beside Me
A super simple dice game (or spinner) that can be played with just 2 players or a group.

Place Value Game – education.com 
Easy game for 2 players using a standard deck of cards. 

Paint Chip Place Value – Tattling to the Teacher
Scroll down to the paint chip place value numbers.  Use this instead of writing answers on paper for a change of pace. 

Place Value Game with Beads – Mrs. T’s First Grade Class
Great activity to visualize groups of ten. 

Printable Place Value Cards – Mama’s Learning Corner
Use when teaching addition or subtraction with regrouping.  Also convenient for visualizing how many ones make ten, how many tens make one hundred, and so on.  

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Lauren Hill is a homeschooling mama to 4 little people, ages 7 to 2.  Stop by Mama’s Learning Corner to find worksheets and printables for Pre-K to Second Grade.  For more place value ideas and homeschool math resources, follow Mama’s Math Board on Pinterest.