Ten Eggsville Eggies Sitting in the Hedge

<p>This is the third story in a series about the eggs of Eggsville. This story was written for a topic I was doing on counting numbers up to 10 for the preschool I worked in at Camelford. I wanted the children to be able to count to 10 and recognize the written word as well. I also incorporated counting backward and forward as well. I wanted to introduce different ways of counting: rote ordinal cardinal and nominal.</p><p>Rote—Counting to 10 (e.g. to self)<br />Ordinal—Order of things in a set (e.g. sixth position in a row)<br />Cardinal—How many items there are (e.g. as the story says 10 eggs)<br />Nominal—Identifying items by numbers (e.g. telephone number)</p><p>Also the written word “ten” means the same as the number 10.</p>