A Clue At The Zoo

Zelda the Zookeeper has many different jobs to do at the zoo. She has to make sure all the animals have a clean place to live, enough food to eat, and that every animal is happy and healthy. Being a zookeeper is a lot of work!

Zelda uses different strategies during the day to get all of her work done at the zoo. A strategy is a way to help us figure something out or a way to make something easier. We can use strategies for counting.

To Solve A Math Problem I Can: See text version.

The simplest strategy to help you count is to use your fingers. Do you know why?

You take your fingers everywhere, so you can always count with them! Let's review this video on how to write the numbers 0 to 10.

 

Look around the room where you are sitting. Do you have groups of items you can put together to make 10?