Teaching Place Value with Hands-On Manipulatives
Use Base Ten Blocks to teach your children about place value.
We use Base Ten Blocks to teach our children about
place value. The basic unit is a 1x1x1cm block and is called a
Unit. It represents a "one" in the ones column. A "ten" is
represented by a rod which is a strip of 10 units. The "hundred"
is called a flat and looks like a square with 100 units. Finally,
there's the cube which represents the "thousand."
If you want to show a child that 342 is actually three
hundreds, four tens, and two ones, you would display 3 flats, 4 strips,
and 2 units. Or you can ask the child to set it up for you with
the Base Ten Blocks.
They are very helpful when you teach regrouping.
You can visually represent the problem and ask the child to physically
regroup the blocks. It helps them to "see" the concept.
The Base Ten Blocks are available in either an
interlocking starter set or a
plastic starter set.
Another, more compact, way to teach place value is with the
Place Value Rods Activity Set.
This set of hands-on manipulatives is made of brightly colored plastic
"rods" that snap together horizontally or vertically. Place Value
Rods
 The Place Value Rods Activity Set has 70 brightly color-coded
rods that teach numeric, written and expanded form of numbers from 1 to
9,999,999. There are 10 rods for each place value: ones, ten, hundreds,
thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands, and millions.
Each place value rod is labeled with its number and the spelled
form of the number. Interestingly, they are capable of connecting from
both the top and the side.
An Activity Guide is included in the set. A 9" by 12"
double-sided, write-on/wipe-off Activity Card helps the child to visualize place
value by putting the rods in the correct place value column.
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Base Ten Blocks
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The Base Ten Interlocking Starter Set is made of plastic and the
components can be interlocked to teach math concepts, value and grouping.
The Base Ten Interlocking Starter Set for three to four students includes:
30 Rods
10 Flats
1 Cube
1 96-page Base Ten Book
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The Base Ten Plastic Starter Set is made of plastic components
for three to four students. It includes:
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