numbers can be fun so let's start with number one when I'm on my own I sing
the song of number one when I say I love you well it means there must be two
cuddle up with me and sing the song of number two with three balls I can be a
juggler up up up catch catch catch someone's at the door it's that funny
number four come on in and join us in the song of number four
add up a little some four fingers and one thumb it comes as no surprise now I
can count to number five six cream buns plenty for a picnic yum yum yum six
cream buns seven ships are sailing on the sea eight little blackbird singing
up a tree someone's feeling fine it's that happy number nine one two three
four five six seven eight nine I'm feeling fine
numbers can be friends and there's lots lots more of them but I think I'll
finish on the song of number ten I think I've had enough for now cause I
can count to ten
you know that should we do that again
numbers can be fun so let's start with number one when I'm on my own I sing the
song of number one when I say I love you well it means there must be to cuddle
up to me and sing the song of number two
with three balls I can be a juggler up up up catch catch catch someone's at the
door it's that funny number four come on in and join us in the song of number
four four fingers and one thumb it comes as no surprise now I can count to
number five
six cream buns plenty for a picnic yum yum yum six cream buns
seven ships go sailing on the sea eight little blackbirds singing up a tree
someone's feeling fine it's that happy number nine one two three four five six
seven eight nine I'm feeling fine
numbers can be friends and there's lots lots more of them but I think I'll
finish with the song of number ten I think I've had enough for now cause I
can count to ten now we've got Peter Ruth and Haley that's right isn't it good
now we're gonna have a story please you all know your names we're gonna have a
story and before we have the story we've got to pick some numbers you see I've
got cards here so I want you to tell me Ruth we'll start with Ruth ladies first
how many spots on there Ruth? two. Shall we see if you're right well that wasn't
a surprise that was an easy one wasn't it well I'll count that one that's one
on there I think I'm right yes Peter can you tell me how many are on there? three
a few absolutely right three let's see three of course you're right and
Haley I think you'll get this one because I have a funny feeling you're
the same age as this how many on there? five five there we are my lover five
have a big badge made out of that five yes of course it's five and how many on
there Ruth? four. Four? I think you're right there's four on your cube there as
well yes and that that's a green four and this is a green four as well and we're
back to that now what what we're gonna do is before we have the story because
I'm sure you'd like a story wouldn't you? yes would you like a story too? yeah I
thought you might I want you all to pick to pick a card now I'll tell you what
we'll do now we'll get as Ruth is a young because she's only three years old
she can pick a card so if you pick a card Ruth pick a card take one card
that's lovely and you've picked the number three so as you've picked number
three we better think of a story with three in it shall we three three three
what would be a good story? I know three little pigs would you like that story?
yeah good now then what we've got in here are indeed three little pigs can
you see that and you can see this one's got sticks this one's got bricks and
that one's got straw that's a yellow straw so I'll tell you what we'll do
oh does it oh it looks like a chimney what the one with bricks oh it does as
well if you put it out that way look it is there's the house and there's the
chimney look that's good well I'll tell you what you can have the upside-down
chimney because these are finger puppets what are called finger puppets if you
put your finger in there Hayley you see there we are
say give it a wiggle that's lovely you can have the one with sticks Hayley a
Ruth rather oh there we are very tight-fittingly there we are give it a
wiggle hello hello there you are and Peter you can have the one with straw
about that that's all you've all set up you know what's coming don't you there
we are give it a wiggle all right put them all together so I can see if they
look all right give them a little wiggle here we go
wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle right here we go for the story three little
pigs oh and it starts the way all good stories start once upon a time there was
a mother pig who had three little pigs and one day their mother said to them
you are too big to live here any longer you must go and build houses for
yourselves but be careful that the wolf does not catch you it would do if it
caught them wouldn't it the three little pigs it of a breakfast dinner and tea I
would have thought the three little pigs set off and lunch as well anyway you
listen to the story the three little pigs set off soon they met a man who was
carrying some straw please will you give me some straw ask the first pig I want
to build a house yes said the man and he gave the first little pig some straw
then the first little pig built himself a house of straw the second little pig
and the third little pig went along the road soon they met a man who was
carrying some sticks please will you give me some sticks ask the second
little pig I want to build a house yes said the man and he gave the second
little pig some sticks then the second little pig built himself a house of
sticks the third little pig walked on along the road by himself soon he met a
man who was carrying some bricks please will you give me some bricks ask the
third little pig that's the third pig I want to build a house where's the third
pig oh you do the noise as well that's great yes said the man and he gave the
third little pig some bricks then the third little pig built himself a house
of bricks the next day the wolf came along the road not yet he didn't know
no he came to the house of straw the wolf knocked on the door and said
well maybe he will but you see that the pig is in his house at the moment the
pig is in his house so we'll wait and see what it will hang a second because
he might do that we'll ask you to blow in a minute the wolf knocked on the door
and said little pig little pig let me in no no said the little pig by the hair of
my chinny chin chin I will not let you in then I'll huff I'll puff and I'll
blow your house in so he huffed huff and he puffed
and he huffed and he puffed the house of straw fell down and the wolf ate up the
first little pig the next day the wolf walked further along the road no he
didn't have any bread see no he didn't have any bread the next day the wolf
walked further along the road he came to the house of sticks the wolf knocked on
the door and said little pig little pig let me come in no no said the little pig
by the hair of my chinny chin chin I will not let you come in then I'll huff
and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in said the wolf so he huffed and he
puffed and he huffed and he puffed and the house of sticks fell down and the
wolf ate up the second little pig the next day the wolf walked further along
the road he came to the house of bricks when the third pig saw the wolf come in
he ran inside his house and shut the door the wolf knocked on the door and
said little pig little pig let me come in
yes the pig there yeah no no said the little pig by the hair of my chinny chin
chin chin I will not let you come in then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow
your house in said the wolf so he huffed and he puffed and he huffed and he puffed
but the house of bricks did not fall down the wolf was very very angry but he
pretended not to be the wolf said little pig if you will be ready at six o'clock
in the morning I will take you to farmer Smith's field yes he shall find some
nice turnips for dinner turnips that's like a vegetable yes very well said the
little pig but the third little pig was very clever he knew that the wolf just
wanted to eat him so the next morning the third little pig set off the
farmer Smith's field at five o'clock he filled his basket with turnips then he
hurried home at six o'clock the wolf knocked on the little pig's door are you
ready little pig he said oh I have been to farmer Smith's field said the little
pig I filled my basket with turnips and they are now cooking for my dinner
when the wolf heard this he was very very very angry indeed he said little
pig I'm going to eat you up I'm going to climb down your chimney to get you the
little pig was very frightened but he said nothing he put a big pot of water
on the fire to boil the wolf climbed onto the roof then he began to come down
the chimney the little pig took off the lid from the pot the wolf fell into the
pot with a big splash the third little pig was too clever for him did you enjoy
that yeah I enjoyed that too how many pigs were there do you know Ruth three
Ruth said three as well so you must be right three and yes and which
pigs house was made of sticks do you remember which one it was yours so
which one was that then the first the second or the third the second pig had
his house made out of sticks and what did the third pig have his house made
out of bricks and you should have got that one because that's your pig was
there and who had their house made out of straw I did yeah you did were you the
pig then that pig of course you're right yes do you know any other stories about
three animals which one no it's three three we want is there one about mice
three yes you know that one three blind mice
see how they run how does that one go they all run after the farmer like they
cut the tails of a carbonite did you ever see a thing in life three blind mice
that's wonderful that was really good yes okay put your masks on please now you
can't put it on I'll help you shall I there we go we know a song with the
number three in it three blind mice and I've got three mice to help me three
blind mice three blind mice see how they run let's see run see how they run they
all run after the farmers wife who cut off their tails with a carving knife do
you ever see such a thing in your life and three blind mice now this is a
really good game I know you're gonna enjoy this one and it's another counting
game I'll tell you what I want you to do as you can see on the table there are
lots of different things there are erasers and books pencil cases some
scissors rulers yes and there's some books oh no you can't raise them because
they're not alive are they they're erasers so I'll tell you what I'd like
you to do Ruth I want you to pick up all the pencil cases for me and put them all
together can you do that for me go on then off you go all the pencil cases yes
there's one there's that's good that's another pencil case yes you're right
there and is there another pencil case anywhere else that's it that's good so
put them in front of you and count them count them for me let Ruth count them
how many are there Ruth yes there are three so we'll take those and we'll put
them there in front of you now Peter I want you to pick up all the pencils there
are five pencils pick them all up and get them all to collect them all
together there we are that's really good well you were lucky there there was two
together and how many pencils have you got want to count them out for me two
three four five five pencils okay do you want to put them on the pencil case
that's lovely and Hayley there are some books on the table can you collect them
all up for me and then tell me how many there are well hang on let's let's see
if Hayley gets it right don't you tell her now will you just see if she can do
it that's it that's terrific that's great now go stand back in your place
that's terrific and count out the books for me
four books that's terrific right you put them over here four comes with four five
and Peter can you get collect all the erasers for me all the little lady bird
erasers you collect them and then you tell me how many there are I think there
might be one more that's it now can you count them out on the table for me cut
them on the table four that's right now Ruth can you pick up the rulers for me
don't help her Peter that's lovely and count them out just down here can you
count them out okay put them on there and then Ruth you count out the rulers
for me how many rulers are there there are two rulers and if Hayley you pick up
the scissors how many pairs of scissors are there we'll count them out there
then all right that's good you take them take them and go back to your place yes
you leave that there bring them all the way around now count out the scissors one
that's right and all we're left with is one little red crayon that's good isn't
it so how many crayons are there none there's one there I can see it how many
pairs of scissors one one how many erasers one two three four erasers how
many rulers there are two rulers and how many pencils five let's have a look one
two three four five how many pencil cases three three let's see if we're
right there one two three and how many books four you're right is that right
Ruth you count them for me that was good wasn't it right now we're gonna sort out
some colors are you ready for this okay Ruth I want you to sort out all of the
yellow colors all of the yellow objects what's there that's yellow as quick as
you can now we've got a block yes what else is yellow yes that truck there is
yellow a yellow lemon we've got what else is there a cake yellow cake another
block a pen yellow pen and a yellow car that's terrific and Peter I want you to
sort out all of the green things you've got a car oh and two blocks and a pen
that's terrific you've got six things Ruth how many have you got and Haley I
want you to sort out all of the red objects that are there oh it's got a car
and two blocks oh it's got a cake a pen big red double-decker bus I think this
is red as well how many objects have you got eight objects you've got and I'll
have all the blue things shall I so we've got one two three four five blue
things so the colors we have are blue yellow green and red I think Haley's got
the most yes all of these things on the table are orange but one of them is the
odd one out which one is it it's the cat that one is it I think Haley's right
she's picked the orange why is the orange the hot the odd one out it's a
different shape and what are these then they're all carrots so Haley you were
absolutely right
for current buns in a baker's shop round and fat with sugar on the top along came
a boy with a penny one day bought a current bun and took it away three
current buns in a baker's shop round and fat with sugar on the top along came a
boy with a penny one day bought a current bun and took it away two current
buns in a baker's shop round and fat with sugar on the top along came a boy
with a penny one day bought a current bun and took it away all they smell
delicious don't they believe those in a minute one left here we go one current
bun in a baker's shop round and fat with sugar on the top along came a boy with
a penny one day bought a current bun and took it away four current buns look at
that listen we're gonna sing the song about cats and there are one two three
four five cats all right here we go
five little pussy cats playing near the door one ran and hid inside and then
there were four little pussy cats underneath the tree one heard a dog bark
and then there were three three little pussy cats thinking what to do one saw a
little bird and then there were two two little pussy cats sitting in the Sun one
ran to catch his tail and then there was one one little pussy cat looking for
some fun he saw a butterfly and then there was none
ended up with none they all ran away didn't they so you've all got five
buttons each that's five in a nice line and Peter can you count your buttons
out please one two three four five five buttons wonderful and Hayley can you
count count your buttons out please how many is that three three four five
that's all right five now Ruth has put her buttons in a line
Peter's put his in a big circle and Hayley's piled all of her buttons up on
on top of one another and although they all look very different like a tree
although they all look very different there are still five buttons in every
little line and how many cucumbers have you got to do four so you need a green
one four oranges look quick do another orange and not everything's orange is
it all the peas are green let's see what Hayley's drawn well it said you've got
to draw six oranges but she's only done one two three four five oranges that
might be the other one underneath there she's she's drawn four cucumbers and it
says you've got to draw four and peas well there's one two three four five
peas and the book said you had to draw nine there's three cabbages they're very
good cabbages aren't they but she hasn't drawn any plums the book says you have
to draw eight but she hasn't drawn any well never mind whoosh that's right we
call this the countdown should we do that again ready ten nine eight seven
six five four three two one so you point and if you two count how many oranges
we've got there okay all right so you point and we'll count one two three four
five six seven eight nine nine oranges now what we're going to do is we're
gonna stand you around the front here if you come and stand around the front of
the oranges there you are one two and three that's great turn around and face
this way face me face me now then Haley this is your box Ruth this is your box
you stay there for the minute and Peter this is your box that's lovely right
when I say go you have to pick up an orange and put it on your box and come
back and get another orange and the first person with three oranges on their
box is the winner so face that way get your hands up put your hands up in the
air on your marks get set go yes we have got a winner and I think the winner was
Haley so if you come around here so Haley was first I think Peter was
second and Ruth was third all right that's right but where did you come from
second you came second because Haley did it before you and she came first you
came first and where did Ruth come third you came third and how many oranges have
you got on yours now Ruth three I think it's about time we gave the prizes away
and we'll do it like they do in reverse order that's backwards in third place
she wins an orange Ruth wins an orange in second place who gets the orange
Peter gets the orange in second place and the winner wins this remarkable
orange Haley let's give Haley a clap here's a song with a six in it it's
about a pie and some blackbirds and be careful otherwise you could get your
nose pecked off sing a song a sixpence a pocket full of rhyme for a twenty black
birds paint in a pie when the pie was open the birds began to sing now wasn't
that a dainty dish to set before the king your shoes blackbirds they could be
blackbirds if you like the king was in his counting house counting out his
money the queen was in the parlor eating bread and honey the maid was in the
garden hanging out the clothes when down came a black bird and pecked off her
nose pecked off her nose and then pecked off your nose and pecked off your nose and we'll
give your nose to Peter and we'll all we'll give a coffee nose there to you
Ruth and Ruth you can give your nose as a Haley all right what about my nose
okay how many numbers are on this board here ten ten shall we count them to see
if you're right shall we you did well you were right then if you said ten how
many buttons are there on there do you know there are ten all right well let's
count them and see if you're right five six seven eight nine ten yes there were
ten okay Ruth you're three where are three teddy bears up there can you tell
me they're up to here just here and how many frogs yes one frog that's right but
listen there were only ten numbers up there aren't there but there are lots
more numbers come over here and I'll show you some more numbers this way so
if we come over here on this one there are lots more numbers out there if we
count them one two three four five six seven eight nine ten well they were all
the numbers that were on that other board but if we carry on counting you'll
get all the way up to a hundred yes I'm sure you can right are you ready for a
story that's good because this is the story of snow white and the seven dwarfs
one two three four five six seven hope you like it I hope you like it too once
upon a time on a cold winter's day as the snowflakes were falling softly a
queen sat sewing by her window as she sewed the queen pricked her finger the
red of the blood against the white of the snow and the black wood of the
window frame looked so beautiful that she thought oh how I wish I could have a
child as white as snow as red as blood and as black as ebony now it happened
that sometime afterwards the queen did have a baby daughter whose skin was as
white as snow whose cheeks were bright red and whose hair was as black as ebony
and she called her little girl you know what she called her snow white
unfortunately soon after her child was born the queen died a year later the
king married again the new queen was very beautiful but very vain she could
not bear to think that anyone else might be more beautiful the queen had a magic
mirror often she would look into it and say mirror mirror on the wall who is the
fairest of them all the mirror always replied you oh queen are the fairest of
all the queen would smile because she knew that the magic mirror spoke the
truth
meanwhile snow white was growing from a baby into a lovely little girl by the
time she was seven she was even more beautiful than the queen so it happened
that one day when the queen asked the mirror mirror mirror on the wall who is
the fairest of them all it replied snow white is now the fairest of all when the
queen heard these words she stamped her foot each day as she watched snow white
the queen became more angry and jealous can you pull an angry face is that an
angry face can you pull an angry face oh can you use an angry face oh she was
really really angry then the queen called one day for the huntsman and to
take snow white deep into the forest because she never wanted to see her
again the huntsman knew that the queen wanted to kill snow white but he loved
the little princess and could not do such a terrible thing run away into the
forest he said and never come back again when snow white ran off into the great
dark forest by herself she was terrified oh she was scared can you do scared
Peter that's right she ran as far as she could until she came to a cottage by
the side of the mountain she knocked on the door that there was no answer so she
went inside everything inside the cottage was very small and neat and clean
the table was laid with seven little plates seven little and drinks and how
many drinks what one two three four five six seven seven drinks and how many
chairs were around the table
and one more seven seven that's right that one's tucked away there you can
hardly see that snow white was both hungry and thirsty but she did not want
to take any one supper so she ate a little of the food from each plate and
drank a little wine from each glass then snow white was so tired that she laid
down on one of the beds and fell fast asleep now the cottage belonged to seven
dwarfs when it became dark they returned home where was snow white in the cottage
she was in the dwarfs cottage how many doors were there do you know one seven
Ruth was white there was seven yes can you show me seven show me seven on your
fingers how many seven go and push my fingers down to make seven push my
fingers down which ones would go down that one yes that means there's nine put
those ones down so we can do it like that look because there's how count how
many fingers there are eight I can't see eight there see seven one two three six
seven oh this would be eight that would be nine and that would be ten but that
is seven okay seven wolves they had spent all day in the mountains digging
for gold as they entered their cottage each one lit a candle they could see
that someone had been there the first dwarf cried who has been sitting on my
chair and the second one asked who has been eating from my plate the third one
asked who has been eating my bread the fourth one asked who has been drinking
out of my glass the fifth one asked who has been using my knife and the sixth
one asked who has been using my fork then the seventh one cried look who's in
my bed and they all came running to see they lifted their candlesticks high as
they stood around the bed gazing at Snow White they said who are you and why are
you here my name is Snow White and I'm hiding from my wicked stepmother who
wants to kill me when the dwarves heard this sad story they were very upset the
eldest one told her if you will look after us keep our house clean and tidy
cook and wash and mend for us you can live here with us and we shall take good
care of you oh you are kind replied Snow White I shall be happy to do that
however before they left the house the dwarves gave Snow White a warning be
sure to let no one into the house while we are away she was very happy living
with the dwarves every morning they went off to the mountains to dig for gold
every evening they returned home she had supper ready for them and the house was
neat and clean meanwhile the Queen went to the magic mirror and asked mirror
a mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all she could not believe her
ears when she heard Snow White is still the fairest of them all Queen was very
very angry the Queen began to plan how she might kill Snow White first she
prepared a comb which was poisoned next she disguised herself as a different
peddler woman and filled her basket with things to sell she came to the dwarves
cottage by the side of the mountain and knocked on the door Snow White put her
head out of the window I cannot let you come in she said I have promised the
dwarves not to open the door never mind just look at this pretty comb it was so
pretty that Snow White opened the door the old woman said you must let me comb
your hair properly for you the Queen then stuck the comb sharply into Snow
White's head so that the poison went into her blood immediately she fell to the floor
soon the seven dwarves came home they found the poison comb and pulled it out
Snow White told them what had happened they begged her never to let anyone into
the cottage while they were out meanwhile the Queen had removed to the
skies and stood before the mirror mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of
them all just as before the mirror replied Snow White is still the fairest
of them all at these words the Queen stamped her feet and beat on the
looking-glass Snow White must die she shouted nasty piece of work the Queen
took a lovely apple which had one green side and one rosy side then she put
poison into the red side of the apple while leaving the green side free of
poison well look what she's done she's got an apple it's green on one side and
red on the other side and she's only poisoned the red side the rosy red side
so when she's cut the apple in half to convince Snow White that it's not
poisoned she gave Snow White the poison and that bit isn't poisoned this time the
Queen filled her basket with apples and dressed up as a farmer's wife she made
her way to the dwarves cottage and knocked on the door I cannot open the
door to anyone called Snow White through the window I only want to give you one
of my lovely apples said the farmer's wife I must not take it replied Snow
White shaking her head the farmer's wife laughed are you afraid that it is
poisoned look I'll cut into it and we shall each have half when Snow White
saw the woman happily eating one half of the apple she took the rosy half of the
apple and bit into it no sooner had she done so and she fell down dead the Queen
laughed a horrible laugh and cried this time the dwarves won't be able to wake
you up then the Queen returned to her palace
mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all at long last it
answered you Oh Queen are the fairest of all so the jealous Queen finally was
happy show me happy faces
Snow White's dead isn't she when the dwarves returned home in the evening
there lay Snow White on the floor no longer breathing the dwarves were
heartbroken they stood around her and wept saying how beautiful Snow White is
dead they were ever so upset they made a glass coffin so that they could still
see her and carried Snow White to the top of the mountain Snow White laid
there as if she were only sleeping one day it happened that a handsome prince
came to the top of the mountain he fell in love with Snow White at once please
let me take Snow White back to the palace I cannot live without her he said
so the dwarves took pity on the prince and said yes as the prince's servants
were carrying the coffin down the mountainside they stumbled and the piece
of apple which had stuck in Snow White's throat came out she opened her eyes
where am I she cried in surprise the prince and the seven dwarves were so
happy to see her alive will you marry me said the prince and Snow White smiled
said yes she said goodbye to the dwarves who had been so kind to her and had
loved her so much don't be sad said Snow White you can come to the palace
whenever you like and I promised to visit you too a magnificent wedding
feast was arranged for Snow White and the prince and it happened that Snow
White's stepmother was invited when the Queen was ready for the wedding she
stood before her mirror and asked mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of
them all the mirror replied Snow White is now the fairest of them all when the
Queen saw Snow White she was so angry that she fell down and died and so Snow
White married the prince and they lived happily ever after that was a really
good story did you enjoy it did you enjoy it too that's funny because we
know a song about the number seven should we sing it one potato two potato
three potato four five potato six potato seven potato more sweet them up oh this
is a good one ten little Indians why don't you sing it with us there were one
little two little three little Indians four little five little six little
Indians seven little eight little nine little Indians ten little Indian boys
that was a good one did you like that well don't forget you can sing them all
again if you want to because they're all in this book as we've all all worked so
hard at learning our numbers today I hope you've worked hard too I'm sure you
have we're going to have a treat we're going to have a party would you like a
party yeah that's terrific Ruth could you go and get some cups for me
please that's nice all right and what else do we need Peter okay you get the
plates and what else do we need Haley spoons we need some spoons you go and
get some spoons there's the plates how many plates do we need three one two
three four plates that's right and Ruth has got one two three four what else do
we need you think is that it look at that and what what shape is the cake a
clown's face now I hope this tastes nice there's clowns on the cups as well
that's right now Ruth do you think you can blow the candles out you think you
can there you go lada oh should we help her oh that's lovely now things once
here do you want to blow that for me I wish that we could put numbers on the
magic doors shall we do that yeah yeah we'll number all the magic doors and
then we'll know exactly how many magic doors we've got okay come then let's put
the magic numbers on the door
all right Peter could you open door number one then and Ruth could you open
door number two and I think Haley can open door number four Peter can you open
door number six please and I think Ruth can open door number eight now remember
you can come back whenever you like why don't you make a badge like this you
just need a paper party plate what does it say yes I can count to ten numbers
can be fun so let's start with number one when I'm on my own I sing the song
of number one when I say I love you well it means there must be two cuddle up with
me and sing the song of number two
with three balls I can be a juggler up up up catch catch catch someone's at the
door it's that funny number four come on in and join us in the song of number
four
and up a little some four fingers and one thumb it comes as no surprise now I
can count to number five
six cream buns plenty for a picnic yum yum yum six cream buns seven ships are
sailing on the sea eight little blackbird singing up a tree someone's
feeling fine it's that happy number nine one two three four five six seven eight
nine I'm feeling fine
numbers can be friends and there's lots lots more of them but I think I'll
finish on the song of number ten I think I've had enough for now cause I can
count to ten
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