Teaching Place Value Game

Are you teaching your kids about place value? This get up and play place value activity is a great way to help teach place value without a pencil in hand! Kids will love this Life Size Place Value Game inside or outside! This is perfect for anytime of the year.

Place Value Game

Looking for a fun way to teach place value to kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and up? This place value game is sure to be a hit! Simply print the place value printable and you are ready to play this palce value math games with elementary age students. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler-  you will love this interactive way to learn math!

Place Value Printable

Start by scrolling to the bottom of the post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _________ <<. The pdf file will open in a new window for you to save your freebie. Now print off  the pages. This pack is fully black and white, which will help with printing costs.

How To Explain Place Value 

Place value is the value that each of the digits in a number has.  There are 10s, 100th, 1000th, and so on. For example: In the number 450, the 5 represents 5 tens, or 50. This is the 10th spot. In the number 5,070, the 5 represents 5,000 or is in the thousandth spot. It is important to understand that while the number itself may be the same (for instance 5 in the examples above), it doesn’t matter. It solely depends on where it is in the number. 

Place value math games

For this active lesson, print the numbers and grab a ball or bean bag. You can place down whichever number you would like. If you’re working on tens, only put two numbers down. If you’re working with 100’s, then put down three. 

tens and ones games

When the numbers are placed, ask your child to read the number outloud. Then ask them to throw the ball, or bean bag or whichever manipulative you are using, to different place values. Mix it up, then mix up the numbers and try again. This is a super simple, active and fun activity to help kids learn all about place value. 

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Place Value Activity

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