Trek learns about numbers by Kübra-Erdi Karacan

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Trek Learns About

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Note to Educators Activities appear on pages 38-39 of this book. You may make copies of these pages and distribute them to students.

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“You’re just in time,” said the peacock. “Just in time for the grand parade. It will start from here in one minute’s time.”

Trek and the birds looked around. “A parade?” asked Crow. “Where is everyone?” 6

“I’m the parade,” said the peacock proudly, spreading his feathers into a colorful fan. “You may join my parade if you wish, but kindly keep far behind me.”

The peacock set off, strutting down the center of the road.

“That’s a silly parade,” jeered Seagull. “And I’m certainly not joining in.” “I must agree,” said Crow, “that a parade of one is a very strange sight.” 10

“Is this a parade?” said a deep voice behind them. “May we join in?” said another. Trek and the birds turned to see two huge elephants.

“Of course you may,” said Wagtail. “Two elephants are just what we need.”

“Then climb up,” said the elephants, “and we’ll be off.”

“Oh, look at that parade!” cried three women, as they filled their waterpots at the well. “May we come along?”

“Oh look!” cried four water buffaloes in a nearby field. “It’s a parade. May we join in?” “Of course you may,” said the women in their saris. “But please keep far behind with those muddy feet.”

Five monkeys looked down from the roof of the temple. They pointed their fingers and laughed. “One, two, three, four. What you need are five more,” they called.

“Very well,” snorted the buffaloes, “but keep far behind and don’t get into any monkey business.”

It really was a very good parade, and everything was going well until. . .

“Stop!” roared the tiger, rolling his eyes. “No one comes past here until I’ve had my supper.”

“Help!” squeaked the peacock, backing on to the elephants’ trunks. “Stop!” trumpeted the elephants and sat on the women’s saris. “Oops!” cried the women, slipping in the buffaloes’ mud.

“Whoa!” warned the buffaloes, treading on the monkeys’ tails. “Eek!” squealed the monkeys, as they leapt up the jackfruit tree.

The jackfruits crashed to the ground, bounced several times, and rolled toward the tiger. The tiger didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait. He was off in a flash!

“All right!” said the peacock, as he dusted himself off and tidied his feathers. “If you’re all quite ready, we will continue our parade. All join in—but please keep far behind!”

The photo “Where is everyone?” said Trek. “Please take your seats for the photo!”

“I will sit here,” said the peacock, “as I am the star of the show.”

There are three chairs for three women.

There are two chairs for two elephants.

“Please ask the water buffaloes to take their seats,” said Trek. 34

4 There is one chair for each of the monkeys. 3

“Smile, please,” said Trek. CLICK! 36

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Activities Ask an adult to photocopy these pages so you can complete the activities. Answers appear on page 40.

Draw a line to join the groups that have the same number of monkeys.

The number at the beginning of each line tells you how many objects to color.

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Answer key

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Trek Learns About Numbers

the number of objects takes time and practice. See “A word about counting” for important information on teaching your child to count.

Vocabulary list: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten Synopsis

For skills development, suggest adding groups of six, seven, eight, nine, and ten to the parade. Ask your child to choose the animals and draw each group with your child. This activity helps children recognize sets with different number values. For older children, ask, How many animals should be in the next group?

Numbers are a part of our everyday lives. Counting, matching, and sorting are among the most important skills that children can learn during their preschool years. Trek Learns About Numbers introduces your child to the numbers one to five as Trek and his friends join in a big parade in India. Along the way, there are things to look at and count.

After you read, help your child to understand that numbers can represent quantities, a challenging concept for young children. Practice counting by placing a variety of small objects in a line on a table. Begin with groups of 5 objects; later try 10 objects. Count the objects, then change the order of the objects and count again, emphasizing the last number as the total number of objects.

Your child will enjoy the story and pictures for their own sake, but with your encouragement, this story will be a valuable learning aid. Take every opportunity to count the animals or people in the pictures. Look for other objects in the pictures. Count the objects in each set as they are introduced. Try to repeat the sequence of numbers from one to five each time, to reinforce the counting activity. At the end of the story, Trek takes a photo of the group. Here the words one to five are brought together with the numerals 1 to 5. This is an opportunity for you and your child to count, match, and sort.

Before you read, explain to your child that the story is set in India and involves a parade of animals. Talk about what a parade is. Ask your child if she has ever seen a parade. Ask her to describe a parade she has seen. Look through the book at the animals and people joining the parade. Count out the number of animals for each new group. Keep in mind that the ability to match the word with © World Book, Inc. All rights reserved.

Skills and concepts • Learning words for numbers and names of animals • Recognizing the numbers 1 to 10 • Counting objects from 1 to 10 • Recognizing sets with different number values • Giving a number value to a set of objects • Matching sets • Naming a set of objects • Understanding concepts of more than/less than

Where in the world? Show your child India on a map or globe. Trace a route from South America to India. Ask, What are some different ways a person could travel from South America to India? Point out the Pacific Ocean and how large it is. After looking at how the land and water look different on a A word about counting map or globe, ask your child to find other When children begin to count, large areas of water and land. they tend to see numbers as names for each object. Early on, their Discussion questions counting also is more of an Match the number of animals and people with exercise in parroting than in underchairs: Are there enough chairs for everyone to standing a mathematical concept. sit down? How many chairs are there for A child begins by learning people to sit in? How many chairs are there for numbers through rote repetition. To animals to sit in? Which group has more, the help your child understand the group of people or the group of monkeys? relationship between numbers and Which group has fewer, the group of water quantities, try practicing matching buffaloes or the group of elephants? How one object with another. You could many people and animals are in the parade ask your child to set the table and altogether? make sure there is one spoon for each bowl or one plate for each Online activities person. Once your child can easily match one for one, you can begin Refer to the online Program Guide for a to introduce larger numbers. summary of the online activities and video associated with this unit.