Farmer Antonio and Ruby the Ice Cream Maker: Skip Count and Subitize for Ages 5-7 years

Even when Iliana’s not dancing, she’s still counting! This Saturday Iliana is practicing skip counting with Misha as they travel to the town of Whatever for the Street market. With her delicious flavors, Ruby the ice cream maker has a long line of kids waiting their turn in front of her store. Iliana counts the cones and finds there are not enough for the kids in line. She offers to help Ruby with skip counting.Farmer Antonio explains how his subitizing boxes makes it easier to count at the market. Misha helps by sharing how to tally. It is one way to keep track of how many fruits have been sold throughout the day.Dance to the rhythm of the counting poem. In the market, people dance. Shaking legs, arms, and hands. 1, 2, 3. Count by one, you then me. 2, 4, 6. Count by 2s. Let’s do skips!Collect Math Big Idea CardsCheckout and collect these cards.They are clues to solving problems in the storyDance CardsDance to the beat and count numbers in different ways.The cards are dance steps that you can mix and repeat.Numbers in Different FormsHow can you tell tell how many there are?In this game, match cards with the same number.In this book, Farmer Antonio and Ruby the Ice Cream Maker, children discover different ways of representing numbers; grow their number sense from natural subitizing abilities; recognize and record quantities; practice and explore the purposes of skip counting as well as relationships among numbers.

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