Todd's Tuesday Tech Tip #6: Base Ten Fun

Base Ten Fun is a set of three educational games that elementary school students can use to practice counting and adding in units of ten. The three games are Read & Make, Listen & Make, and Count & Write.

In Read & Make students see a number on a blank canvas. Students then drag blocks of ten and individual blocks onto that blank canvas to create the number they were shown. New block designs are unlocked when students correctly complete ten problems in a row.


Listen & Make uses the same format as Read & Make but instead of reading the numbers that they need to make students hear the numbers that they need to make.

Count & Write asks students to add up the blocks appearing on the screen and enter the correct total.

There is also a Base Ten Bingo game.  Here is a link to a demo on how to play it.



Thank you to Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers for this post.

I would love to have your comments about how you are using these tips, or if you have a suggestion for a tip you would like me to explore.