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Building Numbers with God's Blocks

Place Value Foundations: Tens and Ones Review

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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that ten ones equal one ten

2

Represent two-digit numbers using base-ten blocks

3

Develop a thankful heart for God's orderly mathematical design

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Corinthians 14:40

“Let all things be done decently and in order.”

— 1 Corinthians 14:40 (WEB)

Just as God creates order in the universe, we can understand math through organized systems like place value

📦 Materials Needed

  • Base-ten blocks
  • Place value chart
  • Number cards 0-99
  • Pencil
  • BibleMouse Math Worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse math adventure! Let's review what we learned about tens and ones last year.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how many tens are in the number 24?
2Teaching (10 min)

Today we'll explore how numbers are built, just like God carefully builds His creation

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Tens are like groups of friends - when you have 10 ones, they become one ten
  • Each place in a number has a special value
  • Base-ten blocks help us see how numbers are constructed
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How is building a number like building something with Lego?
  • What happens when we have more than 9 ones?
3Activity: God's Number Building Blocks (12 min)
hands-on

Use base-ten blocks to represent numbers and understand place value

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take out your base-ten blocks
  2. Create the number 34 using blocks
  3. Separate the tens and ones
  4. Write the number on your BibleMouse Math Worksheet
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use numbers 0-20 with fewer blocks

Challenge: Create and decompose numbers up to 99

4Closing (3 min)

Review our learning about tens and ones

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about tens and ones today?
  • How can we see God's order in numbers?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll go on a Place Value Treasure Hunt!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Place value is fundamental to understanding our number system

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient and use lots of positive encouragement
  • Use physical manipulatives to make math concrete
  • Connect math learning to God's design of order
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children often confuse the value of digits in two-digit numbers

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child can correctly group tens and ones, understands 10 ones = 1 ten

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a place value poster for bedroom wall
  • Play 'Guess the Number' using base-ten blocks
  • Practice skip counting by tens using BibleMouse Printables Library resources

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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