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Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi? 
3
Fun with Numbers
Ginladi
22
B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. 
Write the numbers on them by counting 
the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers  
and place them on your ginladi.
     38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks. 
A. The butterfl y moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the red flower and _________ steps forward 
to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps 
forward and again 3 steps backward. It will 
reach at _________.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps 
backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 
_________.
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Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi? 
3
Fun with Numbers
Ginladi
22
B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. 
Write the numbers on them by counting 
the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers  
and place them on your ginladi.
     38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks. 
A. The butterfl y moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the red flower and _________ steps forward 
to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps 
forward and again 3 steps backward. It will 
reach at _________.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps 
backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 
_________.
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Guess my Number
A child thinks of a number and other children have to guess 
it. Children will ask questions like, is it more than 50? Are 
the two digits of the number same? Questions that can be 
answered in ‘yes/no’. They can ask maximum 10 questions 
to guess the number.
Guess my Place
Three ants are sitting on a number line. Write the numbers 
for these ants.
Black ant is sitting on the number 
Red ant is sitting on the number 
Brown ant is sitting on the number 
Draw an ant on number 65 on the number line shown above.
Draw a sugar cube  on number 79 on the number line 
shown above. 
30!
Is it less 
than 20? 
Is it more  
than 40? Does it 
have zero as  
a digit?
20
80
Let us Play
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Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi? 
3
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Ginladi
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B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. 
Write the numbers on them by counting 
the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers  
and place them on your ginladi.
     38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks. 
A. The butterfl y moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the red flower and _________ steps forward 
to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps 
forward and again 3 steps backward. It will 
reach at _________.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps 
backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 
_________.
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Guess my Number
A child thinks of a number and other children have to guess 
it. Children will ask questions like, is it more than 50? Are 
the two digits of the number same? Questions that can be 
answered in ‘yes/no’. They can ask maximum 10 questions 
to guess the number.
Guess my Place
Three ants are sitting on a number line. Write the numbers 
for these ants.
Black ant is sitting on the number 
Red ant is sitting on the number 
Brown ant is sitting on the number 
Draw an ant on number 65 on the number line shown above.
Draw a sugar cube  on number 79 on the number line 
shown above. 
30!
Is it less 
than 20? 
Is it more  
than 40? Does it 
have zero as  
a digit?
20
80
Let us Play
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Look! How Jumpy, the frog is jumping. Do you observe 
a pattern here?
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
Encourage children to make their own number line on the ground 
and ask them to jump on it. Ask them questions such as if you 
jump in steps of two, which numbers will you step on, etc.
Complete the following patterns.
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
A. 1, 4, 7, _______, _________, ________, _______
40           45           50           55           60           65           70           75
B. 40, 45, 50, _______, _________, ________, _______, _______
50                         60                         70                         80                         90
C. 50, 60, _______, _________, ________
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Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi? 
3
Fun with Numbers
Ginladi
22
B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. 
Write the numbers on them by counting 
the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers  
and place them on your ginladi.
     38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks. 
A. The butterfl y moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the red flower and _________ steps forward 
to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps 
forward and again 3 steps backward. It will 
reach at _________.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps 
backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 
_________.
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Guess my Number
A child thinks of a number and other children have to guess 
it. Children will ask questions like, is it more than 50? Are 
the two digits of the number same? Questions that can be 
answered in ‘yes/no’. They can ask maximum 10 questions 
to guess the number.
Guess my Place
Three ants are sitting on a number line. Write the numbers 
for these ants.
Black ant is sitting on the number 
Red ant is sitting on the number 
Brown ant is sitting on the number 
Draw an ant on number 65 on the number line shown above.
Draw a sugar cube  on number 79 on the number line 
shown above. 
30!
Is it less 
than 20? 
Is it more  
than 40? Does it 
have zero as  
a digit?
20
80
Let us Play
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Look! How Jumpy, the frog is jumping. Do you observe 
a pattern here?
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
Encourage children to make their own number line on the ground 
and ask them to jump on it. Ask them questions such as if you 
jump in steps of two, which numbers will you step on, etc.
Complete the following patterns.
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
A. 1, 4, 7, _______, _________, ________, _______
40           45           50           55           60           65           70           75
B. 40, 45, 50, _______, _________, ________, _______, _______
50                         60                         70                         80                         90
C. 50, 60, _______, _________, ________
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A. On the number chart, use skip counting in two and draw 
 on the numbers. Now use skip counting in five and 
draw  on the numbers in the number chart.
B. Write down the numbers 
that are common to the 
skips in twos and fives.
      ___________________________
C. Write down the numbers 
that are common to the 
skips in twos, threes and 
fives.
      ___________________________
D. Write down the numbers 
common to the skips of 
fives and sevens?
      ___________________________
Jump and find the answers. Write ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
Make a number line on the ground and jump on it.
A.  If you start from 10 and jump counting in tens, 
will you land on number 100 at any time?
B.  Jump and find out if you start at 5 and count in 
fives, will you jump on number 40 at any time?
C.  If you start from 0 and count in fives, will you 
jump on number 55 at any time?
D.  If you start from 4 and count in twos, will you 
jump on number 17 at any time?
E.  If you start from 13 and count in threes, will 
you jump on number 24 at any time?
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10
11 12 13 14
15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
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Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi? 
3
Fun with Numbers
Ginladi
22
B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. 
Write the numbers on them by counting 
the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers  
and place them on your ginladi.
     38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks. 
A. The butterfl y moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to 
reach the red flower and _________ steps forward 
to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps 
forward and again 3 steps backward. It will 
reach at _________.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps 
backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 
_________.
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Guess my Number
A child thinks of a number and other children have to guess 
it. Children will ask questions like, is it more than 50? Are 
the two digits of the number same? Questions that can be 
answered in ‘yes/no’. They can ask maximum 10 questions 
to guess the number.
Guess my Place
Three ants are sitting on a number line. Write the numbers 
for these ants.
Black ant is sitting on the number 
Red ant is sitting on the number 
Brown ant is sitting on the number 
Draw an ant on number 65 on the number line shown above.
Draw a sugar cube  on number 79 on the number line 
shown above. 
30!
Is it less 
than 20? 
Is it more  
than 40? Does it 
have zero as  
a digit?
20
80
Let us Play
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Look! How Jumpy, the frog is jumping. Do you observe 
a pattern here?
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
Encourage children to make their own number line on the ground 
and ask them to jump on it. Ask them questions such as if you 
jump in steps of two, which numbers will you step on, etc.
Complete the following patterns.
1    2   3   4    5    6    7   8   9  10  11   12  13  14   15  16   17  18   19  20 
A. 1, 4, 7, _______, _________, ________, _______
40           45           50           55           60           65           70           75
B. 40, 45, 50, _______, _________, ________, _______, _______
50                         60                         70                         80                         90
C. 50, 60, _______, _________, ________
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A. On the number chart, use skip counting in two and draw 
 on the numbers. Now use skip counting in five and 
draw  on the numbers in the number chart.
B. Write down the numbers 
that are common to the 
skips in twos and fives.
      ___________________________
C. Write down the numbers 
that are common to the 
skips in twos, threes and 
fives.
      ___________________________
D. Write down the numbers 
common to the skips of 
fives and sevens?
      ___________________________
Jump and find the answers. Write ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
Make a number line on the ground and jump on it.
A.  If you start from 10 and jump counting in tens, 
will you land on number 100 at any time?
B.  Jump and find out if you start at 5 and count in 
fives, will you jump on number 40 at any time?
C.  If you start from 0 and count in fives, will you 
jump on number 55 at any time?
D.  If you start from 4 and count in twos, will you 
jump on number 17 at any time?
E.  If you start from 13 and count in threes, will 
you jump on number 24 at any time?
Let us Do
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10
11 12 13 14
15
16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
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Let us jump backward.
Complete the following patterns.
0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8         9        10
What comes just before 10?
What comes just before 9?
10, 9, 8,             
5            10           15           20           25           30           35           40
A. 40, 37, 34,               
35            40           45           50           55           60           65           70
B. 70, 65, 60,           
60                          70                          80                          90                         100
C. 100, 90,     
40                    50                     60                    70                     80                    90                   100
D. 100, 80,     
Is there a pattern in the given numbers? If not, change the 
numbers to create a pattern. Also, extend it.
100, 90, 80, 70, 60,     
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