Bundle it up
Give kids loose straws or cubes and have them make bundles of ten, then count the bundles and leftovers. Then write the number. Doing the grouping themselves shows why the 4 in 47 means forty.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
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