The big ideaSlide a bead across to count it. A whole row is ten.
How it works
Slide a bead across to count it.
The beads across make your number.
A whole row is ten, so now you can show every number up to ten.
Six beads across: one, two, three, four, five, six.
Example 1: Count to three
Slide one bead across and say one.
Slide two more, one at a time: two, three.
Three beads are across, so the number is three.
Three beads across.
Example 2: Count to six
Keep sliding, one bead for each number: four, five, six.
Say each number as the bead clicks across.
Six beads are across.
Six beads across.
Example 3: A whole row
Keep going: seven, eight, nine, ten.
Now every bead on the row is across.
The whole row is ten.
Every bead across: the whole row is ten.
Words to know
count
To say a number for each bead.
ten
A whole row of beads.
slide
To move a bead across the row.
Watch out
Slide one bead for each number you say.
Beads in a row are easier to count than beads rolling about.
Only the beads across are counted.
Try it
How many beads are on a whole row?
Do we count a bead by sliding it across or by leaving it where it is?
Slide six beads across. How many are across?
What number comes after nine?
Answers: 1. ten · 2. by sliding it across · 3. 6 · 4. ten
Try at homeAsk a grown-up to help you find ten small things, like spoons or blocks. Count them one at a time and slide a bead across the frame for each one, then swap!
For grown-upsFind ten small things like spoons or blocks. Let your child slide a bead for each one as they count, then swap.
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