Teaches children about multiplication by telling a story about a boy who takes care of five ducks, and how his work doubles when each duck brings home a friend.
As they consider sorting their rock collection by color, size, type, and hardness, Josh and Amy learn that the same objects can be organized in many different ways.
Four students arrive on the first day of school looking cool and their teacher challenges them to keep it up as they count down one hundred days to a cool celebration.
At the picnic on the last day of school, James, his friends, and the cafeteria lady make a variety of ice-cream sundaes, using mathematics to figure out how many different kinds they can create. Includes extension activities.