Have fun teaching, building and learning!

 My 5^th graders are learning about place value through billions. It was time for a funny hands-on activity with building blocks.

Simply we wrote the numbers on the blocks. The (ones) goes on the smallest block, then work your way up to the 4 blocks (thousands) and so on.

The blocks allowed my students to conclude that the biggest number must be at the bottom of the stack, building up to the smallest unit.

 “Playing” with blocks helped my students to physically see and experience place value. This is an important step before one can expect them to understand the concept on paper.

Making learning concrete, helps students to understand a concept easier. It makes learning fun too!