This month we have been focusing on place value during math.  Each day during “Math Activities” students have the chance to practice our newly learned skills in game format.  One game you can easily play at home to reinforce place value is called The Digit Game.  You can use the numer cards from a deck of playing cards.  Begin with the deck face down.  Each player chooses three cards and uses them to make the largest number possible.  (If I picked a 3, 2 and a 5 I could make 532).  The player who creates the greatest number gets to keep all the cards from that round. Keep playing until the deck is gone and then players count their piles to see who has most. When playing with your child, stop every now and then to ask questions such as “Which digit is the tens digit in your number?” or “What is the value of the hundreds digit in your number?” Have fun!