Base Ten in Kindergarten
Base Ten Goals
Understanding the base ten system and how two digit numbers work is an important challenge for kindergarteners. There is one main base ten goal for kindergarteners.
Understanding the base ten system and how two digit numbers work is an important challenge for kindergarteners. There is one main base ten goal for kindergarteners.
- Break teen numbers apart into a group of ten ones and additional ones. Students will learn that all teen numbers have a group of ten ones (a ten group) plus the additional ones. Fourteen, for example, is ten ones (a ten group) plus four ones. Kindergarteners will practice making the groups with objects, drawing the groups, and writing equations to represent the groups.
Base Ten at Home
One of the best ways to teach your child to understand the base ten system is by having them work with objects and separating them into groups to represent the teen numbers. The two examples below show how you can use items in your home to practice teen numbers.
One of the best ways to teach your child to understand the base ten system is by having them work with objects and separating them into groups to represent the teen numbers. The two examples below show how you can use items in your home to practice teen numbers.
- Give your child twelve spoons. Have him form a group of ten ones and a group of two ones. Write the number 12 and talk about how the two represents the group of two spoons and the one represents the ten spoons (with the zero hidden by the two).
- Give your child sixteen crayons. Have her form a group of ten ones and a group of six ones. Write the number 16 and talk about how the six represents the group of six crayons and the one represents the the ten spoons (with the zero hidden by the six).