Duck Pond: Classroom Group Hunt

A Kindergarten lesson with Mama Duck. Children plan how to act out a duck rhyme, show 3 ducks on fingers, see 3 and 4 dots in parts ("2 and 1 more", "2 and 2 make 4"), then hunt for small groups of 2, 3 and 4 things in a classroom and match how many books are on the shelves to a hand. Every direction is read aloud, and a wrong tap gets a spoken hint and another try.

• 13 narrated scenes with Mama Duck (about 7 minutes)
• Act It Out: plan the duck rhyme, then match 3 ducks to fingers
• Dot images of 3 and 4 with "how I saw it" rings
• A classroom scavenger hunt for groups of 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Spoken hints and another try on every question

• Tell how many dots there are (3 or 4) without counting, and see them in parts.
• Show a number from a rhyme or a picture on fingers, by choosing the matching hand.
• Find groups of 2, 3 and 4 things in a classroom.