1st - 3rd Grade Understanding Place Value Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Here's a super fun game to get in some place value practice with your child!

Celebrate 100 fantastic days of school by creating a school-themed collage with 100 pieces in this unique arts and crafts activity.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Build this game, and give your kid some hands-on practice ordering numbers. Soon your first grade kid will be Master of the number line!

Trying to find sums of groups of multiples is a great way to practice your addition. Be sure to double check your work. If you clear all of the cards, you win!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Help cement the concept of place value with this simple activity that involves creating a set of dials made from Styrofoam cups.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.