A Place-Value Game for First Graders: A Teacher-Made Device

Abstract

Many teachers find that place value is one of the more difficult number concepts to explain to small children. The following game was devised to help reinforce the understanding of place value after it has been introduced by the use of the Hundreds, Tens and Ones Chart. This chart is familiar to primary teachers. The game uses the same pocket device used in the chart. Thus children can reinforce their initial learning by practice under conditions similar to those in which the learning took place.