Video Script -- Lesson 11

Number 11

Subject: Maths | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford

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Hello, friends! Welcome back to maths time. Do you remember how to count to ten? Let us do it together. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Brilliant. Today we are going one step further. We are going to meet the number eleven!

Look at this big number. It looks like two tall sticks standing side by side. This is eleven. Say it with me. Eleven!

Now look at the picture. We are in a sunny garden full of flowers. There are big green leaves with shiny drops of water on them. And who is sitting on the leaves? Ladybirds! They are red with little black spots. Let us count them. Touch each one as we go. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Eleven ladybirds!

Ladybirds have spots on their backs. Can you find one ladybird and count its spots? Take a good look. Lots of spots!

Here is something clever. If I have ten ladybirds and one more ladybird comes along, how many do I have? Ten and one more makes eleven. Show me ten fingers. Now ask a friend to hold up one more finger. That is eleven!

Do you have a clock at home? Look at the top of the clock. That is 12. Now look at the number just before 12. That is 11! Eleven lives just before twelve.

Here is a little job for you. Cut a big leaf from green paper. Is it big enough for eleven ladybirds to sit on? Put eleven red buttons on your leaf and count them.

Now it is time to trace the number eleven. Hold up your finger. Let us draw it in the air.

Start at the top and go straight down. That is one line. Now start at the top again, next to it, and go straight down. Two lines. That is eleven!

Let us do it again. Top, straight down. Top, straight down. Eleven!

Your teacher says to draw each line from the top to the bottom. Make both lines tall and straight, like two little trees standing side by side.

When you trace eleven in your book, start at the dot every time. Go slowly.

On the next page there are ten little ladybirds and one big ladybird. Ten and one more. You can colour all eleven of them red. Count them as you colour.

Then we will learn about tens and ones. A bundle of ten straws is one ten. One loose straw is one one. One ten and one one make eleven!

Let us remember what we learned today. The number eleven comes after ten.

Eleven is ten and one more.

To make eleven, draw two straight lines from the top to the bottom.

You were fantastic today, friends! Count to eleven with someone at home. See you next time! Bye-bye!