TEN PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK
Author: Penny Dale
Illustrator: Penny Dale
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Walker Press (UK) First published in: 1998 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Penny Dale's Counting Books) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
There were ten in the bed and the little one said, Let's play hide-and-seek!. Look for the clues and help the little one find his soft-toy animal friends in this third story of their bedtime fun and games. |
“So the little one counted and the others went to hide. "One, two, three, four, five ..."”
Recommended age range:
4 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Counting forwards to and backwards from 10/20
Possible teaching activities:
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4 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Counting forwards to and backwards from 10/20
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.