Video Script -- Lesson 16

Number 16

Subject: Maths | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford

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Hello, my clever friends! Are you ready for maths? Today we are going to meet the number sixteen.

Here it is: a one and a six, standing side by side. Together they make sixteen. Can you say it? Sixteen!

Now look at the picture. We are at a pond. There is a little wooden bridge, some big round rocks and tall brown reeds. And on the water there are lots of toy boats! Red boats, yellow boats, blue, green, purple and pink. Every boat has a little flag on top.

Let us count the boats together. Point with your finger. There are four boats in the first row. One, two, three, four. Four more in the next row. Five, six, seven, eight. Four more. Nine, ten, eleven, twelve. And the last row. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen! Sixteen boats!

Do you know why the boats stay on top of the water? They float! Paper boats float too. You can fold a paper boat and put it in a tub of water. Watch it float. Try to float sixteen boats!

Here is a clever trick. Hold up ten fingers. That is ten. Now we need six more. Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen. Ten and six more make sixteen. That is why sixteen has a one and a six. The one means one ten. The six means six ones.

And here is another trick. Eight boats and eight more boats make sixteen boats. Eight and eight, the same on both sides!

If you have a calculator, press one, then six. Look, sixteen is on the screen!

Now let us write sixteen in the air. Hold up your finger.

First the one. Start at the top and go straight down.

Now the six. Start at the top, curve round and come down. Then make a round belly at the bottom and close it up. Sixteen!

Let us do it again. Straight down for one. Curve round for six, and a round belly at the bottom. Well done!

Your teacher says the belly of the six is at the bottom. Make it nice and round.

In your book, start at the green dots and follow the arrows. On the bottom rows there are no dots to follow, so you write sixteen all by yourself.

At the top of the page there are sixteen boats waiting for you. Colour them, and count each boat as you colour it.

Now a quick puzzle. If one more boat sails in, how many boats? Seventeen! If one boat sails away, how many boats? Fifteen!

Let us remember what we learned today. This number is sixteen.

Sixteen is one ten and six ones. Eight and eight make sixteen.

To write sixteen, we draw a straight one, then a six with a round belly.

You were fantastic today! Keep counting to sixteen. See you next time! Bye-bye!