Make place value feel like a party with this Birthday Cake Tens & Ones Place Value Set! 🎂✨
Children will become little bakers as they build a birthday cake while practicing how numbers are made from tens and ones. Each activity card shows a number for learners to create using 3D-printed cake pieces, candles for the tens, and sprinkles for the ones.
For example, to build the number 34, children would add 3 candles to represent 3 tens and 4 sprinkles to represent 4 ones—then count the total to discover their birthday-cake number!
This hands-on learning activity encourages children to see, touch, count, and build numbers instead of simply memorizing them. It is perfect for kindergarten, first grade, homeschool, math centers, small groups, and playful at-home learning.
What children practice
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Identifying tens and ones
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Counting by tens
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Counting individual ones
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Strengthening fine-motor skills through playful manipulation
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Building confidence with early number sense
Included concept
The cake is the “base” for each number, while the candles represent groups of ten and the sprinkles represent single ones. Pair the pieces with the included number cards and invite children to decorate each cake exactly as the card shows!
A sweet, screen-free way to turn place-value practice into a celebration—because learning numbers is always better with cake!
Please allow for a 1 to 3 week processing time.
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