Owl's Toolbox: Connecting Cubes

Kindergarten's first look at connecting cubes, guided by a friendly owl. Children learn what a tool is, notice and wonder about the cubes, then build a tower of 3 and a train of 4 with real snap-together cubes, play freely, and pick the longer of two towers. They show how many cubes are in a tower on drawn hands (including "only the bottom row"), find the connecting cubes among other math tools, and count to 10 together. Every direction is read aloud, wrong answers get a spoken hint and another try, and the attempt page shows each build and finger count.

• 11 narrated scenes with an owl guide
• Snap-together cubes: build a tower, a train, and anything you like
• Show-how-many on drawn hands, a which-is-longer tower question and a find-the-tool question
• Spoken hints on every wrong answer, and a count-to-10 celebration

• Know that connecting cubes are a math tool, and find them when they're named.
• Build a tower and a train with a given number of cubes.
• Tell which of two towers is longer.
• Show how many cubes are in a small tower or row on fingers (up to 5), and count to 10.