CHILDS VOICE:
Welcome to counting with Roood!!
RODD:
Heh heh … oh….Thank you! Hello number squad! It's you!
Heh - I’m almost finished with this cake … pretty good huh? Let’s see … ah… the finishing touches. Hey, did you know that ladybirds all have 6 legs… hey, I better check and see if mine does ……1,2,3,4,5,6. Perfect.
(PHONE RINGS)
Oh! Who could that be - please excuse me . .
Rodd’s phone – what’s up! Oh… Hehya Aunty…
How you doing ? Oh yes, uh huh, oh yep, I'm hanging out with friends.
What’s that ? Oh, ok, so you need a box of eggs.
Sure - I'll bring them by after the show….ok … love you Aunty…Love you more!
That was my Aunty - she needs to borrow a box of eggs. I’ve got an empty box in my recycling… Hmm…. How many eggs do we need to fill an egg box? Can you count with me? Yeh, ok – let’s count the spaces. Here we go….
RODD:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - 6 spaces altogether
So my ladybird has 6 legs and we need 6 eggs to fill the 6 spaces in my egg box. Ha ha ooh!
I am thinking of a number
And this number she kicks!
Where are you little buddy. . .
It’s the Number 6.
RODD:
It’s okay – it’s me! We’re going to pretend to be chickens laying eggs. Oh yes! Like this…. SQUAWK - Are You Ready? Okay - please lay 6 eggs - Here we go !
SQUAWK - 1 egg
SQUAWK - 2 eggs
SQUAWK - 3 eggs
SQUAWK – 4 eggs
SQUAWK - 5 eggs
And one more…
SQUAWK - 6 eggs
Woohoo! Good job… the question is do we have enough – let’s go see.
There are 6 spaces in the box, so we need 6 eggs.
Count with me –
1…2…3…4…5…6
Eggcellent! Get it ? Aunty will be delighted, because we love the number 6.
CHILD'S VOICE:
Attention attention,
Number squad
It’s time to count
how many with Rodd!
RODD:
Al-righty! Here’s the game I throw the dice, and whatever number we get, we will have to make that many noises. Are you ready? Here we go……
No way yes, alright. We got 6!! Go 6! Go 6! Go 6! Alright, now, the sound we have to make is a SQUAWK like a chicken. We can do it – look……
Squawk with me everyone - SQUAWK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK, SQUAWK. So, how many SQUAWKS did you do?
Yes 6 SQUAWKS cos 6 rocks.
RODD:
Woo hoo – I love song time – you gonna join me ?
Let’s join in
It’s all about the numbers
Let’s join in and
Sing the number 6
6 new eggs from a little red hen
Little red hen, little red hen
Throw dice on the floor throw a 6 high score
Yes the number is 6.
Goodbye! Keep counting!
Video summary
Rodd is icing a ladybird cake and checks that it has six legs.
He receives a call from Auntie asking to borrow a box of eggs, and discovers by matching and counting that there are six eggs in a box.
Rodd dresses up as a chicken and children can join in ‘laying six eggs’.
Rodd shows us his special giant die which always ‘lands on six’.
Children can join in counting six sounds, singing the number song, being a chicken and drawing the numeral.
This is from the series: Counting with Rodd Counting with Rodd 1.
Teacher Notes
Children can use magnifying glasses to count the legs on plastic insects.
They can draw pictures and put them in a large class ‘Insect legs’ book.
They can make a giant die from a cardboard box cut down to make a cube shape and secured with parcel tape.
When a child throws a six, they can be the ‘teacher’ and lead the rest of the group in six movements.
Bring in a ceramic ‘hen’ egg keeper and ask children to put six plastic eggs inside.
Use the six eggs to match with egg cups.
Ask children to write the numeral six on peel-off labels and to stick them on the six patterns on sets of dominoes.
This clip is relevant for teaching Maths at KS1 in England, Foundation Phase in Wales and Early and 1st Level in Scotland. Also Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland.
The number 7. video
Rodd counts his Auntie's seven pairs of bloomers, the days of the week, the colours of the rainbow and the Seven Dwarves. He asks the children to join him in singing a song about the number seven.
The number 8. video
Rodd discovers that umbrellas have eight spokes, spiders have eight legs and octopuses have eight arms. He invites children to count the spiders' wellies and sing the number eight song with him.
The number 9. video
Rodd is dressed as a firefighter for his fancy-dress party, which will have nine guests. He thinks about 999, does firefighter exercises, and counts that he has enough of everything for the party.
The number 10. video
Rodd is thinking about the number ten, doing ‘ten’ exercises and playing mini ‘ten-pin bowling’.
The number one. video
Rodd thinks about how the number one applies to the picture he is painting of animals and scenery.
The number 2. video
Rodd thinks about how the number two applies to the bike he is cleaning.
The number 3. video
Rodd thinks about how the number three applies to the books he is reading.
The number 4. video
Rodd thinks about how the number four applies to the things around him.
The number 5. video
Rodd gets a package of novelty gloves, and uses them to count on his fingers all the number fives around him, encouraging children to count with him and sing a song about the number five.
