Make the trade with blocks
Give kids base-ten blocks and a place value mat. When the ones column hits ten, they physically swap ten cubes for one rod. Do it with blocks until kids can say what they're doing before they do it, then move to paper.
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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