Video Script -- Lesson 18

Number 18

Subject: Maths | Class: Nursery | Series: Skillford

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Hello, super learners! Welcome back to maths. Today our new number is eighteen.

Look closely. Eighteen has a one and an eight. Say it with me. Eighteen!

Now look at the picture. We are in a classroom. There is a big wooden desk, some books and a globe. And standing on the desk are lots of colourful pencils! Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown and even black.

Let us count the pencils. There are three rows. Point to the top row. One, two, three, four, five, six. Now the middle row. Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. And the bottom row. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen! Eighteen pencils!

Do you know what pencils are made from? Wood! Wood comes from trees. Find a pencil and feel the wood. Can you put eighteen pencils in a cup? Count them as you drop them in.

Here is a building idea. Lay your pencils down flat, side by side, all touching. You have made a little raft! Maybe a toy can sit on it.

Now a number trick. Make a group of nine pencils. Make another group of nine. Nine and nine more make eighteen. Both groups are the same!

And another trick. Ten pencils tied together make one ten. Add eight more pencils. Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. One ten and eight ones make eighteen.

If you have a calculator, press one, then eight. There it is. Eighteen!

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

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

Now the eight. Start at the top. Draw the top curve. Pause in the middle. Now change direction and draw the bottom curve. Eighteen!

Let us try again. Straight down for one. Top curve, pause, bottom curve for eight. Lovely!

Your teacher says the two curves of the eight should look the same. Not one big and one tiny. Make them match!

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

At the top of the page there are eighteen pencils. Colour each one in a different colour, and count as you go.

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

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

Eighteen is one ten and eight ones. Nine and nine make eighteen.

To write it, we draw a straight one, then an eight with two matching curves.

Great work today! Keep counting to eighteen. See you next time! Bye-bye!