How Many Squirrels Are in the World?
From Brightly Storytime
6 minPre-KK1st2ndMathReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Storyteller Ms. Linda reads the counting picture book “How Many Squirrels Are in the World?” aloud from cover to cover (about 6 minutes), so children hear the story and count along. A no-prep read-aloud from Brightly Storytime (Penguin Random House) for circle time or a math center.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Use these after reading and counting through “How Many Squirrels Are in the World?” together:
- What were we counting in the book? How high did we count?
- Can you count that many objects here in the room?
- What number came right before, and right after, one you liked?
- What was your favorite page, and why?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: count, how many, number, more, fewer.
- Count a small set of objects (blocks, crayons, fingers) and say how many.
- Draw that many dots and write the number beside them.