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Talk About It: The Number 6

Writer: Mystee Ipong
Mystee Ipong
Oct 13
2 min read

Updated: Oct 11

Illustration of the number 6 with six fingers, six eggs, a die showing six dots and a ladybug with six legs

The big idea: Six means one more than five: one whole hand and one more finger.


We've counted up to 5. Today we add one more and get 6. Six is the first number that needs two hands: all five fingers on one hand, plus one finger on the other. On the farm, six is easy to spot. Half a carton of eggs is six eggs!


Questions to ask


  • "Can you show me five fingers? Now one more. How many is that?"

  • "Here are five eggs. If the hen lays one more, how many now?"

  • "Can you moo six times? Can you hop six times?"

  • "How many eggs are in one row of the carton?"


Show it in one minute


Open an egg carton and count one row together: "One, two, three, four, five, six!" No carton? Count the cups in a muffin tin. Then write a big 6 in the air together: "Curve down and around, then curl into a little circle."


Illustration of six eggs in a row numbered one to six

Keep it going


Make it a farm count all day: six animals in the barn, six crackers at snack and six big steps to the car.


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