Lesson video

Hello mathematicians, my name is Mrs. Khaira and today I'm going to be teaching you all about using manipulatives to help you count to ten.

Now, when I do maths, I don't like to do it alone.

I like to have a friend or talk partner to help me.

And today, I have a very special talk partner helping me with our learning.

This is Lemony the lamb.

Would you like to say hello to Lemony? Oh, that's great.

Wasn't that lovely, Lemony? Fantastic.

Well, I think we're ready to begin with our learning.

So, for today's lesson, you will need a 10 frame, which is available in the lesson resources and some countable objects in two different colours.

As you can see, I have some blue cubes and some green cubes but you can use whenever you have to hand.

Including counters or marbles.

So if you haven't got these items, press the pause button now, and then resume when you are ready.

So, let's have a look at our big picture for this unit.

I wonder if you can identify what nursery rhyme it comes from.

That's right.

It comes from Mary Had a Little Lamb.

I wonder if you can sing along with the nursery rhyme with me.

Are you ready? Lemony certainly is.

On a count of three, one, two, three.

♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ Little lamb little lamb ♪ ♪ Mary had a little lamb ♪ ♪ His fleece was white as snow ♪ ♪ And everywhere that Mary went ♪ ♪ Mary went Mary went ♪ ♪ Everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go ♪ ♪ He followed her to school one day ♪ ♪ School one day school one day ♪ ♪ He followed her to school one day ♪ ♪ Which was against the rules ♪ ♪ It made the children laugh and play ♪ ♪ Laugh and play laugh and play ♪ ♪ It made the children laugh and play ♪ ♪ To see a lamb at school ♪ Fantastic singing, everyone.

I could hear all the way from here.

Let's crack on with our learning.

Well done, everyone.

Now, let's have a really good look at our big picture for today.

I wonder if you can spot how many children there are skipping in the background.

Could you shout the answer out to the screen? That's correct.

There are two children skipping in the background.

So first, there are two children skipping and then one more child joins in.

I wonder how many children there are skipping all together now.

Perhaps we can use our cubes to help represent the numbers.

So first, there are two children skipping in the background.

There are my two green cubes.

Then, one more child joins in with skipping.

How many are there all together? Well, two plus one is equal to three.

Now there are three children skipping.

Great work, guys.

I wonder if you could help me with another question.

Let's have a look at the yellow flowers at the bottom of the screen, next to the lamb.

How many yellow flowers were there first? Could you shout the answer out to the screen? Fantastic, you're right.

First there were four yellow flowers.

And then, looking really carefully, I spotted some more yellow flowers.

Can you see them too? That's right, there are three more yellow flowers.

Now, how many yellow flowers were that all together? Let's use our cubes.

That's a great way to help.

So first, There were four yellow flowers.

And I've got my green cubes to represent them.

Then, I spotted three more yellow flowers.

Great work, guys.

Now, let's count up how many yellow flowers there are all together.

Well, I can see that four yellow flowers plus three yellow flowers is equal to seven yellow flowers.

Fantastic work, guys.

So, what I want you to do now, is pause the video.

And what I want you to do, is have a look at the big picture with your talk partner.

So, I'm going to have Lemony here to help me.

Can you and your talk partner come up with a first, then, and now story? It could be about anything that you spot in the picture.

Once you've had a go, unpause the video, and we'll resume the lesson.

Welcome back, everyone.

I wonder if you had as much fun doing your first, then, and now stories, as myself and Lemony.

Lemony told me a fantastic first, then, and now story about the kites in the picture.

He said first, there was one kite.

Then, another kite appeared.

All together now, we have, two kites.

That's absolutely correct.

Well done, all of you.

Now, we're going to move on learning on a little bit more.

And we're going to have a look at how we can use a 10 frame to help us with our counting up.

So, let's have a look again at the number of children skipping.

First, there were two children skipping in the playground.

So, we're going to represent our two children, using two green cubes on our 10 frame.

You can join along at home or in school, if you'd like to, too.

Then, one more child joins in with skipping.

So, I'm going to represent that child with a different coloured cube on my 10 frame.

Now, we're going to count them up to find out how many children were skipping all together.

Do we need to start from one to count alone? Well, perhaps we know that, because two children were skipping to begin with, we can count on from the number two.

Two children plus one more is equal to three children.

Now, there are three children skipping in the playground.

That's fantastic work.

We can also have a look at the flowers example too.

So first, we spotted four yellow flowers.

Now, let's represent our four yellow flowers with green cubes on our 10 frame.

There they are.

One, two, three, and four.

Four yellow flowers.

Then, we looked carefully and we spotted some more yellow flowers.

Then, we spotted three more yellow flowers.

Let's represent those three yellow flowers on the 10 frame, using different coloured cubes.

And here they are.

One, two, and three.

Then, there were three more yellow flowers.

Now, how many are there all together? Well, we know we already have four yellow flowers, so let's count on from four.

Four, five, six, seven.

Now, all together, we have got seven yellow flowers.

Fantastic work, team.

You have done so well.

Now, it's your turn to have a go.

Maybe you can have a go with your talk partner or someone nearby.

So first, you're going to pick one of the cards with a number of sheep on them.

I have picked this card.

How many sheep can you see on my card? That's correct.

There are two sheep.

How can I represent this on my 10 frame, I wonder? I know, I'm going to use my cubes to help me.

First, there were two sheep.

I'm going to show them on my 10 frame, using two green cubes.

Next your talk partner can have a go at picking one of the cards.

Lemony, are you ready? Great choice, Lemony.

Then, how many sheep were there? Let's see how many sheep Lemony has picked on his card.

Can you help me count using your special counting finger? One, two, three, four, five.

Then, there were five sheep.

Fantastic.

Let's put five blue cubes onto the 10 frame to represent those five sheep.

There they are.

One, two, three, four, five.

Great work, Lemony.

Now, how many are there all together? Well, I know I picked two sheep to start with, so I'm going to count on from two.

Two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Now, there are seven sheep all together.

Fantastic work.

So, with your talk partner, I'd like you to pause the video and I'd like you to have a go at this activity.

How many sheep can you find all together, using your first, then, and now stories? Have a go.

Well done, mathematicians.

You have done some fantastic learning today.

Now, if you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Twitter, tagging @OakNatianal and #LearnWithOak.

Hopefully, see you again next time.

Bye from me, and bye from Lemony.