Friday 3 July 2015

What Did Nanna See?

This is a story for my little granddaughters. When I was visiting in May, Miss Six was reading her books to her little sister who is in Prep and her baby brother who was just as interested in the story as his big sisters judging by the look of him. In Prep the children are learning to recognise numbers and the letters of the alphabet so I thought I would try and help with a little story about numbers.


 

It was a nice sunny day and Nanna decided to take a walk around the garden and enjoy the sunshine.

 

So she put on her gumboots and picked up her camera in case she saw any birds and pretty flowers.

First she saw ONE cheeky cockatoo eating the macadamia nuts.



 She chased the cockatoo away and then said hello to the TWO guinea pigs, Robert and Pops while they were having lunch.


 

 They asked her if she could tell the THREE kookaburras in the pine tree next door to quieten down as they were not happy with all the noise they were making. Can you find them?


 She thought she would see if there were any ripe tamarillos and found FOUR which were not quite ready to pick yet.



 Nanna noticed that some of the pegs had fallen on the grass so picked up FIVE of them and put them back in the peg basket. Do they all look the same?



 Then she wandered over to the cabbage patch where the calendulas were growing and saw SIX of them growing. One of them is not the same as the others. Which one is it and what colour is it?




 Nannu has lots of chillies growing so Nanna picked SEVEN of them to bring inside to the kitchen. They are very, very hot.



She walked down the back where there are nasturtiums growing in the compost heap. They are very pretty and Nanna counted EIGHT flowers. Can you count them and how many orange ones are there?





 There aren't many flowers in the garden at the moment but the lavender bush is looking very pretty so Nanna picked NINE stems to put in a vase as they smell very nice.


 
Before she went back inside she found a lot of macadamia nuts that the naughty cockatoos had knocked to the ground when they were having morning tea. So Nanna picked up TEN of them. 

Then she sat down and had a cup of coffee and thought about her little grandchildren so far away and looked forward to their next visit when she could take them for a walk around the garden and ask them what they could see.


If there are any Aussie grandparents reading this who have their grandchildren living nearby and would like to help them with their alphabet, numbers, colours etc., you can download worksheets from KidzCopy. On that page you can find the fonts that are taught in each Australian state and it looks as though there  also worksheets for those in the US.  

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!



 






























16 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful, im almost teary. Such a lovely thing you have done. Imagine if all the children in the world were so loved.

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  2. That is super cute. You could go global with this, it is Australia and gorgeous!
    What a good idea I bet they just love it!
    Have a great weekend Nanna Chel! Love Annabel.xxx

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    1. Hopefully the story will help my littlest granddaughter with recognising her numbers, Annabel. They learn so much even in Prep these days.

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  3. Your photo books for your grandchildren are inspired and fabulous. I am in awe.

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    1. Thanks J. Your grandsons might like to see the photos of the Aussie birds too.

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  4. What fun, I probably enjoyed the tour as much as the grandkids! This is a really special idea!

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    1. You could write a story for your little Lily, Kathy. I am sure she would love it.

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  5. Lovely going for a walk through your garden with you! I'm sure your grandchildren will always remember their Nanna's stories even when they have children of their own. What a great family tradition to start.

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    1. Hopefully they will start writing their own stories soon, Robyn. They could write about the Outback rodeo and all the animals there :-)

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  6. Chel,

    What a wonderful story! Your photos are beautiful too. I bet your stories will be treasured long after your grandchildren have grown past the counting stage. They are so personal and will bring back memories. Have you ever printed off any of your stories?

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    1. No, I haven't printed off any Sue. I will think about doing that as I did write a few stories for the girls when they were really little and printed them and then laminated them. A photo book would be more suitable though.

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  7. I just loved your counting story Chel and I've sent the link to my daughter who teaches Prep in Weipa.

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    1. I hope she likes it, Hutchy. I tried to find numbers that looked pretty much like what is being taught in Queensland schools. They are not exact though. I gave up on trying to find a font though :-)

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  8. lovely little story nanna chel, thoroughly enjoyed the walk
    thanx for sharing

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  9. Wow ! and only today a colleague showed me a book she got made online with all her recipes that the family loves with her photos too. Same concept

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