Summary
Down on the Farm, Peg and Cat enlist the Teens to help them wash a barnful of filthy animals — but the animals come in every size, so figuring out who needs how much soapy slop turns into a sorting-by-size, more-and-less problem. A full segment from the Emmy-winning PBS KIDS math show.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Peg and Cat have to clean animals of all different sizes, deciding who needs more slop and who needs less.
- Which animal would need *more* slop to get clean — a big one or a small one? Why?
- Peg counts by fives (5, 10, 15, 20, 25). What number comes next if she keeps going?
- When Peg gets stuck, she takes a deep breath and counts. What do you do when a problem feels too big?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: more, less, group, count by fives.
Try it: Make two piles of counters — one with more, one with less. Then count a pile of objects by fives up to 25 (5, 10, 15, 20, 25).