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Count with Pip
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Count with Pip.
The big ideaSay the numbers in order, one for each thing.

How it works

Say the numbers in order, one for each thing.

After each number comes the next one: one, two, three, four.

Listen for a slip, like when a number is missed.

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Counting on.

Example 1: What comes next?

  1. Say: one, two, three, four, five, six, and then?
  2. The next number after six.
  3. It is seven.

Example 2: Catch a slip

  1. Pip says: eight, nine, ten, eleven.
  2. Are they in order?
  3. Yes: that is right.

Example 3: Count things

  1. Touch each toy once and say a number.
  2. One number for each toy.
  3. The last number is how many.

Words to know

count
To say the numbers in order.
next
The one that comes after.

Watch out

Try it

  1. One, two, three, then?
  2. Four, five, six, then?
  3. Pip says: one, two, four. Right or oops?
  4. How many are there if the last number is five?
Answers: 1. four · 2. seven · 3. oops, three was missed · 4. five
For grown-upsCount steps, toys and fingers every day, and let your child catch you when you make a slip.
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