Place Value- First Grade

My students needed a more concrete way to understand place value... here is the activity I used and it worked like a charm! via: The First Grade Parade Blog

Directions included in the blog site above. The objective is students must trade in groups of ten for a tens stick.

Differentiate it: White out the numbers on the snowman and make a copy. Add in higher numbers like 12, 15, 17 or even 22. Challenge your higher students by having them figure out a more efficient way to figure out how many tens sticks and ones cubes!