Video Script -- Lesson 17

Number 17

Subject: Maths | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford

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Hello, my lovely friends! It is maths time. Today we are going to the beach to meet the number seventeen.

Look at this number. It has a one and a seven. Together they make seventeen. Say it with me. Seventeen!

Now look at the picture. We can see golden sand and blue waves. And look at all these seashells! Some shells look like a little fan. Some shells curl round and round like a spiral. There are pink shells, purple shells, blue shells and orange shells. Some have stripes and some have spots.

Let us count the seashells. Point with your finger. One, two, three, four. Five, six, seven, eight. Nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen. And one more shell at the bottom. Seventeen! Seventeen seashells!

Did you know that shells come from sea animals? A little sea animal lived inside each shell. When it moved away, the shell was left on the sand for us to find.

Here is a building idea. Make a sandcastle and press shells all over it. How many shells? Seventeen!

Now a number trick. Show me ten fingers. That is ten. Now we add seven more. Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. Ten and seven make seventeen. The one in seventeen means one ten. The seven means seven ones.

Let us write seventeen in the air. Hold up your finger.

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

Now the seven. Draw a line across the top. Stop! Now slide down on a slant. Seventeen!

Let us do it again. Straight down for one. Across, stop, slide down for seven. Well done!

Your teacher says a seven is two straight lines joined by a sharp point. Make the corner nice and sharp.

In your book, start at the green dots and follow the arrows. On the bottom rows you write seventeen all by yourself.

At the top of the page there are seventeen seashells to colour. Count each one as you colour it.

On another page there are palm trees with coconuts. Some coconuts are on the trees and some are on the ground. Count them all. How many? Seventeen! Match them to the number seventeen.

Quick puzzle! One more than seventeen is eighteen. One less than seventeen is sixteen.

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

Seventeen is ten and seven. To write it, we draw a straight one and then a seven with a sharp corner.

You did a wonderful job! Keep counting to seventeen. See you next time! Bye-bye!