🏰 Digit Defenders: Master 4-Digit Place Value
Digit Defenders is an exciting castle-themed game for Year 4 pupils! This game teaches children to recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number – understanding thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones.
🎯 What Will Your Child Learn?
- Identify the value of digits in 4-digit numbers (e.g., in 3,456, the 4 represents 400)
- Distinguish between a digit's face value and place value
- Understand the base-10 system structure
- Build numbers from component parts
- Partition numbers in multiple ways
🎮 How the Game Works
Each game round shows a 4-digit number displayed across four castle towers. The highlighted tower indicates which digit to focus on. Players must identify the VALUE of that digit (not just the digit itself). For example, in 5,247, the 2 represents 200, not just 2!
📚 Curriculum Connection
This directly addresses: "Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones)." Understanding place value is essential for:
- Written addition and subtraction methods
- Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000
- Rounding numbers accurately
- Comparing and ordering large numbers
🏠 Extend Learning at Home
- Number plates: Spot 4-digit numbers on cars and identify place values
- Price tags: "This costs £2,345 – what does the 3 represent?"
- Place value cards: Make cards for 1000s, 100s, 10s, 1s and layer them
- Dice game: Roll 4 dice, arrange to make largest/smallest number
Ready to defend the castle? Grab your shield of knowledge! 🛡️
