In our place value study, we are now working on decimals. Today the students were introduced to the "tenths" place. They are already familiar with ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands, but "tenths" are new to them.
As an activity to help your child understand parts of a whole, I would encourage you to use everyday opportunities and experiences to explore the value of "tenths" with your child. If you are cooking, talk about what a "tenth" of a cup might look like. If you bake a cake, allow your child to cut it into ten parts to see a tenth of a cake. When you watch TV, notice the times of athletic events that score runners to the tenth of a second. All of these will give your child real life experience with the concept of tenths, which will aid in their overall understanding of numbers, decimals, and fractions.
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