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By John Grandits
Illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye

Counting is important
for all kinds of work—
and for playing games

too!

You need to know
your numbers to play
hopscotch. Good jump,

Amy!

Do you know Hickety, pickety, pop! How
this jump many times before I stop?

rope rhyme? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 . . .

. . . 97, 98, 99, 100! He’ll never
Ready or not, here find me here.

I come.

Who’s
counting?

Click Looks Closer 10 7
9 8

6

Count, 11 14 4
13 3

Connect, 15 5
12
and 2 65
16 64

1
17

Color 19 18

22 20 62 63
21 61
24 23
32 59 60
29 30
31

28 27

25

26 58
33 34 45 46 55
57
How high 38 56
can you count? 41
Connect the dots 36 35
to see what Jane 37

is doing. 42

43 44
51
39
40 54
53
48 52 50

47

2 49

18, 19,
20!

CeCe, you did it. I’ve been practicing Pizza’s
You counted to 20! numbers all day. The ready!
rest of the evening
I’m relaxing. No more

numbers!

Let’s see. There are I thought you Oh yeah. No
three of us and six weren’t using numbers more numbers.
slices, so everyone
anymore tonight.
gets . . .

3

Hey, save Click, slow down. Don’t know. I haven’t
some for the How many slices been counting. No
have you had?
rest of us! numbers, remember?

By the way, We’ll have to guess.
CeCe, isn’t the A clock uses numbers,
Ducks on Ice special and remember, no more
on TV tonight?
numbers tonight.

Yes! What What are you
time does it making, CeCe?

start? Cookies to eat
while watching
LATER
TV.
Right. No more numbers.

4

We can’t make Yes, but how many eggs? How much flour,
cookies. sugar, and butter? We need numbers to
measure out ingredients and to know how
Why not? We
have all the long the cookies should bake in the oven and
ingredients. at what temperature.

Forget the I’m going to check
cookies. and see if Ducks on

Are you sure? I’m sure. No Ice has started.
Cookies sound numbers.
What channel
good to me. is it on?

It’s on Shhhh! Hee-hee-hee. No numbers.
channel . . . Remember?

5

Let’s Can’t. OK, how about
play a Games use you finish reading
game. numbers too. We my book to me?
need to count
how many spaces Without numbers,
to move. Even I don’t know what
playing cards
have numbers. page we’re on.

Oh, I give up. I’m going Click,
to brush my beak and Jane!

get ready for bed.

What’s wrong, I always brush I’m sure you’re
CeCe? my beak for two fine. Go to bed
minutes. Without and forget about
numbers, I don’t
know how long I numbers.
should brush. When

can I stop?

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When you wake up, you’ll
be refreshed and ready
to use numbers again.

Yeah, I don’t need
numbers to sleep.

LATER What’s up,
THAT NIGHT CeCe?

Are you We are
guys now.

awake?

I can’t Try counting
sleep. sheep!

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The

Best Apple Crisp

in the World

by Charnan Simon
art by Amy Wummer

“Mmmm, mmm!” said Uncle Eddie.

“Nothing like hot apple crisp to warm up a
snowy day!”

Jake nodded. “And Grandma makes
the best apple crisp in the world,” he said
happily. “But Grandma, you need to write
down your recipe so Mom and Dad can make
it when I go home.”

Grandma laughed. “Jake, I have never
used a recipe to make apple crisp in my life!”

Jake didn’t budge. “Well, then, I’ll watch,
and Uncle Eddie can write down everything
you do.”

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“Fine,” said Grandma, as Uncle Eddie got
a pencil and paper. “First you butter your
pan and preheat the oven.”

“How big a pan?” asked Uncle Eddie.
“How hot an oven?”

“Well, I always use this pan,” Grandma
said. “Do you want to measure it?” She
handed Jake a ruler. “Let’s see—from one
side to the other is how many inches?”

Jake squinted at the little numbers. “It
says ‘8’ on the ruler,” he announced.

Grandma nodded. “Eight inches. It’s a
square pan, so all four sides are the same
length.” She went on before Uncle Eddie
could open his mouth. “And a medium-hot
oven—that’s 350 degrees.”

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“Next,” said Grandma, “you peel and slice
your apples.”

This time Jake interrupted. “How many apples?”
“Goodness, Jake, as many as you need!”
Grandma looked at Jake and smiled. “OK, let’s do
it right. Here—this measuring cup holds exactly
one cup. I’ll fill it up with sliced apples and you
pour them into the pan.”
Jake and Grandma counted together. “One
cup—two cups—three cups—four cups—five cups.
Five cups of apples!”

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“Now,” said Grandma, “we’ll mix up
some sugar and flour and cinnamon for
the topping.”

“Grandma!” Jake almost shouted. “How
much sugar and flour and cinnamon?”

Grandma looked at the old coffee
cup she was using to scoop sugar
and then at Jake. “Well,” she said,
“I usually just use a scoop of
flour and a scoop of sugar, but
let’s see how much that
really is.” Carefully, she
poured the sugar from
the coffee cup into a
measuring cup.

“Exactly one cup!”
Jake said triumphantly.

Grandma nodded.
“And the same amount
of flour. Now, for cinnamon,
I just use a couple of big pinches, so
you could do the same thing at home.”

“But, Grandma,” Jake protested, “my
fingers are littler than yours. My pinches
won’t be the same.”

“And Jake and I like lots of cinnamon,”
added Uncle Eddie.

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Grandma laughed again.
“Fine,” she said. “See these
little measuring spoons? This
middle-sized blue one says
‘one teaspoon.’ That’s how
much cinnamon we want.”

Jake stirred together the
flour, sugar, and cinnamon.
“What’s next?”

“Now we cut in the butter.”
Grandma held up her hand
to quiet Jake and Uncle Eddie.
“One stick of butter is a quarter
pound—and that’s how much we need!
Jake, wash your hands. You can do this
part.” Grandma showed Jake how to mush
the butter right into the flour and sugar
and cinnamon until it was all crumbly.

“Now sprinkle the crumbs over the
apples—that’s right—and I’ll pop
the pan in the oven—and we’re set!”

“How long—” Jake began, but
Grandma was ready for him.

“Watch! I’m setting the oven timer
for 30 minutes. That’s half an hour,
just long enough for me to beat you at
Go Fish while the apple crisp cooks!”

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But it was Jake who beat
Grandma—and Uncle Eddie
too! The delicious smell of sweet
cinnamony apples filled the air
as they sat cozily around the
kitchen table.

“Mmm,” said Jake when the
timer went off and Grandma
served him up a dish of hot
apple crisp with vanilla ice
cream melting over it. “Now
that we’ve measured everything
and written it down, we all can
make Grandma’s best apple
crisp in the world!”

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How Many?art by Bob Monahan

What did each
child count? What
will you count?

I count 12.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!

14 art © 2020 by Bob Monahan

I see 15.

9!

Turn to
page 34 to see
what everyone

counted.

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Counting
Critters

by Tracy Vonder Brink

You can count, but what
about animals? They don’t go
to school, but some count in
many of the same ways you do.
Let’s see how!

More or Less?

Which picture has more
apples? You can tell, even if
you don’t count every one.
Some animals do that too.

This one
has less!

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Dogs will choose
the bowl that has
more food in it.

Chimpanzees
also pick the larger
amount of food.

Even the fire-
bellied toad will
choose a meal of
eight mealworms
instead of four.

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How Big?

The next time If you want to be sure
you’re on a to have a turn climbing
the net, which do you choose? Probably
playground, close your the net with only one kid. Some
eyes and listen. Can animals also use the size of groups to
you tell how many decide what to do.
kids are there?

Hyenas listen to the calls of other
hyena groups. If it sounds as if the
other group is larger, the smaller one
runs away. They don’t want to risk a
fight with a bigger group.

Guppies look for large groups
to join. One fish is less likely to get
eaten by an enemy if it’s together
with lots of other fish.

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Where Am I?

People use GPS and

maps to know where

to go. Some animals

find their way by

counting.

How many
steps are there
between your
room and the

kitchen?

Most ants follow smell
trails left by other ants. But
in the windy, dry desert,
smell trails don’t stick, or
they blow away. So desert
ants count as they walk and
remember how many steps it
takes to get back to their nests.

Honeybees fly back and forth
between their hive and flowers. They
remember how far they’ve flown by
counting landmarks (like trees or a
big rock) between food and home.

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How Many?

Do you know how
many toys you have?
Some animals can
keep track like you.

I have
8 cars,
5 trucks, and
1 tractor.

Golden orb-weaving
spiders wrap up and
store food on their webs.
They remember how many
bundles they have. If another
spider steals one, the golden
orb-weaver goes to look for it.

Coots lay one egg per day
and stop when they feel the
nest is full. Sometimes other
birds will sneak an egg into
a coot’s nest. But the coot
knows how many eggs she’s
laid and pushes out the other
bird’s egg.

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Coun ng Fireflies
Sit ou o a warm summer evening.
Do you see fireflies glowing? Count You can
them and help scientists! help count.

How does counting help? Scientists think
there are fewer fireflies in the world than
there used to be. They’re asking people
to report where they see fireflies each
summer. If you look but don’t see any
fireflies, they want to know that too. By
comparing counts from several years, they
hope to learn more about what fireflies
need to live and how to help them.

More than 2,000
different kinds
of fireflies live
all around the
world. Despite
their name, none
of them are flies.
They are beetles.

Go to
https://www.massaudubon.org
/get-involved/citizen-science/firefly-watch
to get started counting fireflies.

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Also known as

Be careful not to lightning bugs, most
shine your flashlight
fireflies make light, but
directly at any
fireflies. not all. Firefly eggs and

Catching fireflies larvae can glow too.
can be fun. Just
remember to let (Larvae is the name
them go after you’ve
had a good look. for insects that have A firefly’s light is not hot like a
hatched but haven’t fire. It’s cool and can be yellow,
grown into adults yet.) green, or orange, depending on
the type of firefly.

Why do they

glow? Sometimes

it’s to warn birds,

“Don’t eat me. I

taste bad.” But

mostly it’s to tell

other fireflies,

“Here I am. Please

be my mate.”

Different kinds

of fireflies flash in

different patterns. Each pattern is like a

coded message that helps the fireflies find

others of the same type.

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You and a group of friends can pretend
to be fireflies to see how it works.

One person You’ll need at Each person gets a
makes up two or least two people flash pattern but doesn’t
for each pattern
more different and a flashlight for know which other
flash patterns. “fireflies” have that same
each person.
pattern.

Everyone starts This is the
flashing their pattern pattern I’m

and looks for using.
matching fireflies.

count to
5 silently

on off on off on off on off

Blink the flashlight on and off quickly twice,
then count to 5 silently and repeat.

And I’m using
this pattern.

I found a match!

count to count to count to count to
2 silently 4 silently 2 silently 4 silently

on off on off

Turn the flashlight on and count to 2 silently.
Turn the flashlight off and count to 4 silently. Repeat.

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How Big Is Big?
by John Grandits art by Mernie Gallagher-Cole

Big is no certain size. Look how tiny
Far is no certain distance. this fish is. It’s only
Many is no certain number.
2 inches long.
Look how
big this bug is. There aren’t
It must be 2 many kids in the
pond today—only 4.
inches long.

I’m really growing I’m short for my
fast. I’m already age. I’m only 4 feet
4 feet 2 inches tall.
2 inches tall.

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There are We’re too close to
4 kids on the that beehive. It’s
slide. That’s only 5 feet away.

too many. My boat
sailed too far. It’s

5 feet away.

There aren’t Yum.
many sprinkles I have a lot of
on my cone—
ice cream—
just 2. 2 scoops.

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Pumpkin?How Many Seeds in a

by Margaret McNamara • art by G. Brian Karas

Charlie liked school. He liked his
teacher, Mr. Tiffin. He liked his best
friend, Alex. But he did not like lining
up to go into school. Mr. Tiffin’s class
lined up by size, tallest to smallest or
smallest to tallest. Charlie was the
smallest in the class, every time.

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One chilly fall morning, Charlie was
surprised to see three bright orange
pumpkins on Mr. Tiffin’s desk. One
pumpkin was big, one was medium,
and one was small.

“How many seeds in a pumpkin?” Mr. Tiffin
asked the class. “Does anybody know?”

Nobody knew, but everybody had ideas.
“The biggest one has the

most,” said Robert. “I bet it has
one million seeds.” Robert was
the tallest boy in the class.
“The medium one has 500,”
Elinor said. Elinor always
sounded as if she knew exactly

what she was talking about.
“The tiny one has 22,”

said Anna. Anna liked even
numbers better than odd
ones.

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“Why don’t we open these pumpkins up and
see?” said Mr. Tiffin.

After Mr. Tiffin cut a circle around each
pumpkin’s stem, Kimmy, Alex, and Jake pulled
off the caps. The pumpkin pulp was slimy and
stringy, and the seeds were hard to get out.
When the children were finished,
there were 3 empty pumpkins, 3 full
bowls, and 20 messy hands.
“Tomorrow we will find out the
answer to our question,” said Mr.
Tiffin. “Tonight your homework is to
think about how we should count all
the seeds.”

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That afternoon, Mr. Tiffin dried
the seeds. The next day, he put
them in three paper bags marked
Big, Medium, and Small.

“Did you do your thinking
homework?” he asked the class.

“Yes,” Alex said. “I think we
should just guess.”

“I think we should count very,
very carefully,” said Tara.

“I think we should count by
twos, fives, and tens,” said Molly.

The class agreed that Molly
had a good idea.

Robert, Kimmy, and Jake
all wanted to count the seeds
in the big pumpkin by twos.
Anna asked if she could join
them. “We can be the Twos
Club!” she said.

They practiced counting.
“Two, four, six, eight, ten,
twelve,” they said together.

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Jeremy, Tara, Elinor, Molly,
and Alex liked counting by fives.
“We’ll count the seeds in the
medium pumpkin,” said Molly.
“We can be the Fives Club.”

“Five, ten, fifteen, twenty!”
they cheered.

“I’ll take the smallest
pumpkin,” said Charlie. “I guess
I’ll be in the Tens Club. Ten,
twenty, thirty,” Charlie began.
Soon there were many groups of
seeds in front of each pumpkin.

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“See?” said Robert.
“The Twos Club has the
most.” They had 170
pairs of seeds.

“We have lots too,” said
Elinor. They had 63 groups
of 5 seeds, and one seed
left over.

Charlie had exactly 35 groups
of 10 seeds.

Robert looked at the seeds in
front of Charlie. “You don’t have
a whole lot,” he said.

“Let’s get counting!” said Mr.
Tiffin.

“Two, four, six, eight, ten,
twelve . . .” began Robert,
Kimmy, Jake, and Anna.

It took a long time to count
170 pairs of seeds. “My brain
hurts,” said Anna.

The biggest pumpkin had 340 seeds. “Almost a
million,” said Jake.

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The fives were
a little easier.
“Five, ten, fifteen,
twenty, twenty-
five . . .” chanted
Jeremy, Tara,
Elinor, Molly, and
Alex.

There were
316 seeds in the
medium pumpkin. “Too bad for you,” said Robert.
“It’s not a contest,” said Molly.
The tens were the fastest of all, since there were
just 35 groups.
“Ten, twenty, thirty, forty . . .” Charlie counted to
himself. “This can’t be right,” he said.
“What can’t be right?” asked Mr. Tiffin.
“There are 350 seeds in my little pumpkin,” said
Charlie. “It has the most of all.”
“Congratulations, Charlie!” said Alex. “The Tens
Club wins!”
“It’s not a contest,” said
Robert.
Mr. Tiffin told the
class to gather around.
“You can never tell just
how many seeds are in
a pumpkin until you
open it up,” he said. “But
there may be some clues.
Take a good look at these.”
The class did.

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“Charlie’s is darker
orange,” said Anna.

“And it has more lines
on the outside,” said
Robert.

“Yep,” said Mr. Tiffin.
“For each line on the
outside, there is a row of
seeds on the inside. And
the longer the pumpkin
grows, the more lines it
gets. Its skin gets darker too.”
“So even though my pumpkin was the smallest, it
was on the vine the longest,” said Charlie.
“Exactly,” agreed Mr. Tiffin.
When it was time to go home, the class lined up by
the door.
“Smallest to tallest this time,” said Mr. Tiffin.
Robert was at the back. Elinor was in the middle.
Charlie was at the front.
“Small things can have a lot going on inside them,”
Charlie said to Mr. Tiffin. And then they left the
classroom, with Charlie leading the way.

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How Long?
How Tall?

art by Shirley Beckes

Cut out the game board and
the four rulers. Each player needs
a marker to use on the game
board. Buttons or coins or tiny
toys work well. Players will also
need a die to throw to see how
far each person moves on a turn.

Each player puts a marker
on the START square. The first
player rolls the die and moves
the number of steps that the die
shows. The player then follows
the directions on the square
and uses a ruler to measure
something. Then it is the next
player’s turn.

Keep taking turns until
someone gets to the FINISH
square; that person wins the
game.

centimeters Measure Find
inches your foot. something

centimeters Measure about
inches a crayon. 6 inches tall.

Measure Measure your Measure
a toy. big toe. your shoe.

Find Find something Measure a
something about 1 inch spoon.
about 3 inches wide.

long. Measure
someone else’s
Measure
foot.

someone’s
nose.

Measure your
Click magazine.

How tall Measure your
are you? little finger.
Measure!
Measure God We Trust Find something
Find something a penny. about
about 10
15 centimeters
centimeters long.
tall.
In

Liberty 1972 Find something Leap! Measure
about 5 how far.

centimeters long.

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