You want to make your own place value unit that uses hands-on interesting activities, but who has time to go through the whole internet finding the best ones. This list is your time saver. See the best activities and products to help make learning enjoyable for you and your family.
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DIY Place Value Tools
Place Value Mat with Ten Frame
Free place value activity with DIY base ten blocks
Easy~Peasy Place ValuePrintable Place Value Slider
Place Value Tools
No time for diy? No problem. Pick one or more of the following products.
- Place Value Disks–I recommend these for students 2nd grade and up
- Giant Magnetic Base Ten–Perfect for white boards or refrigerators
- Counting Pocket chart
- Place Value Dice
- No longer available Try Place Value Cards
- Flip Stand Book
- Cuisenaire Rods
- Hundreds Board
Printable Visuals and Posters
Classroom Place Value Display {FREEBIE!!}
20 things to do with numbers–scroll all the way to the bottom for the printable
Place Value Chart–Page size for student reference
Free Place Value Charts to the Billions!!!
Place Value Posters–Super cute!
Place Value Number Posters–numbers 1-20
Teacher Resources
- Right-Brained Place Value–Have a creative child you need to teach math to? Try this out. Uses stories and patterns to help creative students master place value.
- Creative Teaching Press Mini Bulletin Board Set, Place Value: Decimals to Millions
- Creative Teaching Press Place Value Mini Bulletin Board, Gr. K-2
- Learning Palette: Level Two Math Place Value
- Elementary Math: Place Value, Classroom Poster
- Carson Dellosa Place Value Stickers
- Learning Resources Write and Wipe Place Value Answer Boards
- Scholastic Classroom Resources Place Value System Bulletin Board
Lessons, Explanations, and Assessments
LEGO Place Value – An Introduction to Place Value
YouTube Videos for Adults
Easy $1.00 Way to teach PLACE VALUE, Standard Form, Expanded Form
Math Strategies for Teaching Place Value in Elementary School : Understanding Math
Teachers TV: Teaching Place Value–fascinating video. As a plus everyone has a British accent 🙂
4th Grade Mathematics – Lesson One: Place Value
A Fun Way to Teach Place Value to Kids with Math U See
Place Value – How Much Is This Number Worth (Mr. Pearson Teaches 3rd Grade)
Teacher Tipster (Place Value Song)
Sample Lesson–Place Value to the Millions
YouTube Videos for Children
Schoolhouse Rock- My Hero, Zero
Place Value Song (Rude by MAGIC! Parody)
Place Value Song – Parody to “Shake it Off”
Place Value “Problems” Ariana Grande Parody–Lot’s of fun
Games and Apps
- Junior Learning Different Mathematics Games (Set of 6)
- Place Value Safari
- Digit Detective Game
- Learning Resources Dino Math Tracks Game
- Place Value Bingo Game
- Kids Math Place Value–app
- Place value for the 2nd grade–app
- ZMath Grade 3 Number Sense
Printable Games
Witchs Brew Place Value Game–Can you get all of the ingredients before the sun comes up? Practice reading, writing and comparing numbers (Easily level from single digit to as high as you want)
Place Value Cards–Games included
Whole Body Math Learning: Stomp It! Place Value Game
Teaching Place Value With a Game
FREE PRINTABLE PLACE VALUE GAME: LEARNING EXPANDED FORM
Maths Games for Kids: Place Value War
SCORE SOME POINTS WITH PLACE VALUE YAHTZEE!
Free place value games for K-2
FREE SCARECROW EXPANDED FORM MEMORY GAME FOR FALL
Place Value Free – Place Value Games for 3 Digit Numbers
Activities or Centers
Halloween Flashcards–Shows number 1-10 in 3 ways on one card. Plus instructions on ways to use them.
Halloween Number Match–Match the numbers 1-20. Download has 4 ways to look at each number and instructions on a single person or multiperson game.
Place Value Ice Cream Sundae Activity–Adorable!
Learning Place Value with LEGO Re-Grouping Boards
Living Math with Positive and Negative Numbers
Place Value Mystery Number Cards
Place Value Hundreds and Thousands Freebie! Roll it! Make it! Expand it!
FREE Place Value I Have, Who Has
Place Value Scoot – 3-digit numbers using base 10 (MAB) blocks
Place Value Task Cards for Primary Classrooms
PLACE VALUE ROBOT – MATH ACTIVITY
Picture Books
- Spaghetti And Meatballs For All!
- Penguin Place Value: A Math Adventure
- On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey
- Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens: A Math Adventure
- A Place for Zero
- Place Value
- Olivia’s Ocean Adventure: Understand Place Value
- Earth Day–Hooray!
The above lists are just the ones my library carried so that I could check them out before recommending them. To see more books check out these two lists:
Best Children’s Books to Teach Place Value and Base Ten
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If you didn’t find what you were looking for, you might try my pinterest page devoted to place value.
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