Place Value

This book does a great job of explaining why we have place value. It has an analogy between letters and digits, and helps to explain how a digit has different values based on position, just the way that a word is different if the letters are scrambled. My child often asks why we have a base-10 system (about why there are zeros etc) and this book also provides an explanation. I've also told him that there were base-4 systems that counted the spaces between the fingers. I wish that the author had discussed the importance of zero as a concept.The pictures follow the story of monkeys setting up a cafe and cooking one giant cupcake. I think that the illustrations are cute and they also help to introduce the idea of using math to bake.

Great book. My son has struggled with number placement and this book is structured just right to help him understand. I’m getting results and he’s enjoying it. Thanks for putting this together.

Meant to buy this in a hard cover but bought in paperback by mistake. Kids love the book and it’s already falling apart. I’ve only had this book a couple of months.

Not quite what I was looking for. Perfect for 2-older grades, but not for 1st or K.

This is a great read aloud starting the unit review on Place Value.

Cute math book

This book got stale real fast with my class. I lost their attention, I just think it went over their head. Maybe better for later in year with first grade.

The book was good however a little hard for first graders to comprehend.