Topic: number 1-3

Materials to be prepared:
Kinetic sand, 3 fish models, pictures of: a cat, a tree, a leaf, a worm, a rabbit, two carrots, three
fishes and four butterflies are laminated; a tray (to put kinetic sand in), a basket (to put
everything in).

Warm-up:
 Turn on “Hello” song. Sing and dance.
 Say “hello” to the class.
 Lay the number 1, 2, 3 cards on the floor, ask each student to jump to each number and
say the number out loud.
 Students choose one of five choices to say hello to the teacher: high-five, fist-bump,
handshake, wave, hugs.

Into the lesson:

 Introduce each number again. (Students listen and repeat)
 Put the prepared materials on the table and on the board: the tree sticks on the board
with its leaf; the rabbit stick on the board; the carrots in the sand; …
 Tell the story:
There is a tree near a lake.

WORM RABBIT CAT

One day, there is a worm is Jump, jump, jump. Meow meow.
crawing, craw, craw, craw. “Hello, who is this?” The cat appears and is
Long tail, white. A rabbit. playing with the butterflies
Hello rabbit. (four butterflies)

And he’s hungry. He looks for The rabbit’s hungry. The cat also feels hungry.
something to eat.

What can he eat? What can he eat? What can he eat? (Ask the
(the leaf on the tree’s falling Ask the student, what can a student, what can a cat eat?
down) rabbit eat? => carrot => fish)

What’s this? Leaf! It’s a leaf. Let’s look for some carrots! Let’s look for some fishes!
(Take the shovel and dick to (Take the shovel and dick to
look for carrots) look for fishes)

I can eat one leaf. (The action It’s a carrot! One carrot. It’s a fish! One fish. Yummy!
of eating leaf from the Yummy! One carrot (and One fish (and stick on the
worm). stick on the board) board)
 I am full. One leaf is good. But the rabbit’s still hungry.
Let’s look for more carrots.
(Take the shovel and dick to
look for carrots)
It’s a carrot! Two carrots.
Yummy! One carrot, two
carrot (and stick on the
board).
The worm eats one leaf and Two carrots are good. The
goes to sleep. (Stick one leaf rabbit goes to sleep.
on the board)
So the worm, the rabbit and the cat are not hungry anymore.
Review the vocabulary: leaf, carrots, and fish. (Ask: what is this? Who eat this?)
Put everything back to their place. And let’s the students demonstrate.
But the cat’s still hungry.
Let’s look for more fishes.
(Take the shovel and dick to
look for fishes)
It’s a fish! Two fishes.
Yummy! One fish, two fishes
(and stick on the board).
Are two fishes good? (Ask the
students and lets them
answer).
No. Two fishes are not good,
not enough.
The cat’s still hungry.
Let’s look for more fishes.
(Take the shovel and dick to
look for fishes)
There it is. It’s a fish. Ohh,
that’s good!
(stick the fish on the board
and count) one fish, two
fishes, three fishes.
Wow! The cat feels good
now. Then, he goes to sleep.