Base 10 Value System

In Kindergarten, we have been exploring numbers in different ways through games and explorations at different centers. We offered the children a provocation to start a conversation about number.

How can we show 16?

Some of the children put their ideas down on the whiteboard. We discussed the ideas and pictures they shared.

Then, we introduced the children to a place value mat. The base 10 value system is used to represent numbers and number relationships.

As we rolled the dice, we began to count and add ones onto the mat. When we reached 10 ones (or units), we regrouped them to make a ten! We continued with the game as we practiced grouping the ones to make tens.

We will continue to use the base 10 value system to represent numbers and explore number relationships.