Counting book
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Transcript
Hi everybody, we thought we'd show you really quickly today how to make a version of Holly's counting book.
So to do this what you need is a piece of cardboard or paper, some zip lock bags, a marker and a stapler.
For younger kids it's probably easier to just open their zip lock bags a little bit to get them started.
And these become the pages of your book, so we line them up quite neatly, put them into the cardboard. I like to do a bit of a fold along the edge so that it's nice and sturdy. And fold it in again.
Make sure the pages of the book are really tight in, grab the stapler, and there's your book.
Now your book usually needs a title so we could have Holly's book of....
And because there are lots of different opportunities in this one, we said Holly's Book of five. But we could also do things like Holly's Book of shapes, or Holly's Book of triangles if we wanted to be more specific about a particular shape. Holly's Book of 12 if we wanted to keep looking at numbers and even things like Holly's Book of things that are taller than Sunny.
Enjoy making.
And reading.
Collect resources
You will need:
colour pencils or markers
5 zip-lock bags
a stapler
piece of cardboard.
Instructions
How to make a counting book
Open the zip-lock bags.
Lay the bags on the cardboard, like pages of a book.
Take the remaining cardboard and fold it over the bags to form the spine of the book.
Staple it into place.
Finally, give the book a title!
Step 1
Step 2
Steps 3 and 4
Step 5
Create your own book on a maths idea
For example, you could make a book about 5.
Go on a ‘5 hunt’ to find different ways of showing 5.
Create your own book about 5.
Read and share your book with someone in your family.
Draw your favourite page from the book you made in your mathematics workbook.
Watch Holly read her counting book
Transcript
Hi Holly!
Hi!
I see you are back from your hunt.
Uh huh.
Great, what did you find? Can you read your story to me?
So what I have here, so there is a 5 dollar note and then some blocks.
Some Blocks and what's what's in there? What can you see?
Five, see two pinks and then three. See look 1, 2, 3 4 and then five.
Oh I see. So I can see there's a 2, 3, 4, 5 and that's five great. What else have you got?
I got... a five dollar... I have a five cent coin.
Oh you have seen a 5 on a coin as well. Opps it is a little bit stuck there. Look at all these different ways you've
found five! OK.
And I got this from my Lego shop.
Let's have a look at this one.
Yes so this is the number 5.
Oh wow did you write that five yourself?
Uh huh.
Wow. Excellent, Ok what's the next one in your story.
This is my Lego blocks.
Oh oh, it's a bit hard to see the five. Can you show me where the five is?
See look. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Oh wow! I can see the 5 now... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
See look if you take away that one it is four. See 2 + 2 equals 4 and 1 more equals 5.
Oh great I wonder what else we can find that we have five of.
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Advice for parents
Here is part of a different conversation to help illustrate what it can sound like when talking to your child about their book.
Adult: You went on a hunt around the house to find different ways of representing 5. Can you read your book to me?
Holly: Yes. I have 5 pegs
Adult: How do you know that is 5?
Holly: See...it’s 2 pink and the 3. That makes 5.
Adult: I see...that’s 2 and then 3, 4, 5 [touching one object for each number word that is said] What else have you got in your book?
Holly: This one is 5 dollars... see there’s 3 here and 2 more. That’s five. This one is my mum’s hand.
Adult: How do you know that’s five?
Holly: Because she has 5 fingers on her hand.
Adult: Look at all the different ways you found 5! Let’s find someone else to read it to!