Bea's Busy Mat: More, Fewer, Same

Bea the bumblebee needs help comparing groups! Kindergarteners find groups with more or fewer dots than Bea's, spot the one with the same number even when it looks different (fingers, dice, 5-frames, rows), and sort picture cards into fewer, the same and more than 5. Every direction is read aloud, wrong answers get a gentle spoken hint and another try, and the lesson ends by noticing that 7 is 4 and some more. About 8 minutes, 11 scenes.

• 11 scenes with every direction read aloud by one warm narrator
• Pick-the-groups questions with dots, dice patterns, 5-frames and fingers
• Two drag-and-drop sorting mats: fewer, the same or more than 5

• Find the groups of pictures that have more than, or fewer than, a given group.
• Spot a group that has the same number, even when it looks different.
• Sort picture cards into fewer, the same and more than 5.
• Notice that 1 more is the next number, and that numbers fewer than 5 come before 5 when we count.