AGES 4–7 · RHYMING PICTURE BOOK · 32 PAGES
Ten Chips Exactly
The count is perfect.
The cookies? Crumbs.
Mabel has baked cookies for the fair. Pip and Lou have one careful job: check that each cookie has ten chocolate chips. Some chips are hiding inside. The helpers have a plan…
A woodland bakery comedy about counting, teamwork, and remembering what the job is really for.
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KEEP THE STORY GOING
Pause for a question.
Try one together. There is room for more than one answer.
- What are Pip and Lou trying to find out? What else does Mabel need?
- How could you check a count without breaking what you are counting?
- Draw ten dots. Can you find two different ways to split them into groups?
Count First: free cookie-counting activity
A paper cookie, a ten-frame, and prompts for grown-ups. Make ten in different ways and check your count while keeping the cookie whole. Two printable pages; no baking needed.
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