Grown-up sheet · Level 3 · Basket Island · Big game
This is the first island of Level 3: putting together (adding up to 5).
How to use it
- Watch the video together with your child. Don't give them the answer. If they stay quiet, wait for Pipo to say it.
- For each challenge, mark just one box:
- ✓ if they answered on their own, before the circle emptied.
- ½ if they answered late or with help.
- ✗ if they didn't answer or got it wrong.
- Pause the video to write things down if you need to.
- At the end, look at the "What to review?" table.
What to watch for on this island:
- Counting everything or counting on: at first it's normal for them to count everything from one. What this island aims for is that, if they already know there are three, they keep going "four, five". Make a note if they do, even if it doesn't change the box.
- With fingers: counting on fingers is fine in any challenge. It's a strategy, not cheating.
- The signs: ideally they read "two plus one" without help. If they only say the numbers, ask: "What does the plus mean?"
Challenges
- In all
- 1 2 apples and 1 apple · How many are there in all?
Answer
three - 2 3 chicks and 2 chicks · How many are there in all?
Answer
five - Five-frame and fingers
- 3 A frame with 3 red counters and 2 blue ones · How many are there in all?
Answer
five - 4 "Show two fingers on one hand and two on the other" · How many fingers is that?
Answer
four - Written sums
- 5 2 cookies and 2 cookies, with "2 + 2 = ?" · Two plus two equals… how many?
Answer
four - 🤸 Movement break
- 6 3 red hearts and 1 blue one · Which sum is it? (2 + 1, 3 + 1, 2 + 2)
Answer
3 + 1 - Putting-together stories
- 7 There are two chicks. Two more come · How many chicks are there now?
Answer
four - 8 There is one ball. Three more roll in · How many balls are there now?
Answer
four - Pipo made a mistake!
- 9 "Two plus one equals four" · Is that true?
Answer
no, it's three - 10 "Three plus two equals five" · Is that true?
Answer
yes
What to review?
Rule: a block is mastered if the child got at least one challenge with ✓ and none with ✗.
| · | In all 1–2 | Stop 1: "Learn" and "Play more" (M15-S1-A, M15-S1-J2) |
|---|---|---|
| · | Five-frame and fingers 3–4 | Stop 2: "Learn" and "Play" (M15-S2-A, M15-S2-J1) |
| · | Written sums 5–6 | Stop 3: "Learn" and "Play more" (M15-S3-A, M15-S3-J2) |
| · | Putting-together stories 7–8 | Stop 4: "Learn" and "Play" (M15-S4-A, M15-S4-J1) |
| · | Pipo made a mistake! 9–10 | Stop 5: "Learn" and "Play" (M15-S5-A, M15-S5-J1) |
What to do next:
- Everything mastered: move on to the next island (taking away).
- One block not mastered: rewatch those videos for 2 or 3 days.
- Two or more blocks not mastered: it's worth spending one more week on this island. Taking away builds on putting together.
Common mistakes at this age:
- Counting only one group (challenges 1 and 2): they say "two" instead of "three". With real objects, have them push the two piles together before counting.
- Counting the same thing twice (challenges 1 to 3): touch each object as you count it, or put each one on a plate as you count it.
- Choosing the sum by the total, not by the groups (challenge 6): 2 + 2 also makes four. Ask them "How many red ones are there? And blue ones?"
- Saying "yes" to everything Pipo says (challenges 9 and 10): marking ½ at first is normal. Play at saying wrong sums on purpose so they can catch you.