12 Ideas for Teaching Place Value

I realized that I have a whole slew of post about teaching place value to young children and thought I would put them all in one place. Many of these ideas include FREEBIES for you to print and use right away. Others are available for purchase. I hope you find something that is helpful and that you will post a comment and let us know!

 A Place Value Primer

A post to help you understand just what place value really is!

FREE Magnetic Place Value Blocks

Create your own magnetic place value “blocks” with this FREE template for your home or for the classroom. I have been using these in my classroom for years and they  are an invaluable tool. Plus they are fun to use! 🙂

FREE Place Value Practice Tube

A great use for those empty Pringles cans you have in your craft closest. We love using this to help us create and read numbers of all sizes. FREE template included. All you do is provide the can!

Number Practice Tube

Similar to the idea above, but uses a smaller Pringles can and is good for practicing smaller numbers.

Place Value Flip Book

Use these templates to create a flip book for practicing place value. Students can each make their own book that they can use in the classroom or take home to practice at home.

Place Value Counting Strips

A new favorite of mine. Use this activity to show children how place value really works and how the numbers change as the numbers grow.

FREE Roll to a Ten

A fun game for introducing students to trading for a ten.

What’s the Number

Decide on a number in your head and have your students use their knowledge of place value to determine your number. Great fun, great practice and a great time filler for those 5-10 spots to fill throughout the day.

Place Value Game

Students get a card with a written number and a number shown with place value blocks. The first students reads his number than says, “Who has ___” and the student with that number does the same. If the game is done correctly, each student will get a turn and you will end the game with the same person who started it.

FREE Skills Practice Tube

Similar to the Place Value Practice tube above, only this post offers more than just math skills to be practiced!

Place Value Pocket

The newest addition to our place value collection. Student create their own place value pocket and use the cards and pocket to play games and to practice place value.

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AFTER SCHOOL LINK UP

Love these ideas from last week’s After School Linky:

Design Your Monster Truck from School Time Snippets

Plastic Egg Submarines from There’s Just One Mommy

The After School Link Up is a great place to share ideas and to find new ideas to do with your children after school or in your homeschool.  The After School Link Up goes live every Monday. So, if you are a blogger, an educator or just some one looking for some good ideas, be sure to stop by Boy Mama Teacher Mama (or the other co-hosts) on Mondays and see what others have to share.

We would love to have you link up your School-Age Post (Ages 5 and up) about your learning week after school including Crafts, Activities, Playtime and Adventures that you are doing to enrich your children’s lives after their day at school, homeschool or on the weekend! When linking up, please take a moment to comment on at least one post linked up before yours and grab our After School button to include a link on your post or site! By linking up you’re giving permission for us to share on our After School Pinterest Board or Feature on our After School Party in the upcoming weeks!

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