
VEHICLE SHAPES
Clip: 4/20/2023 | 8m 58sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Eve Towsend notices the shapes of transportation vehicles.
Eve Towsend notices the shapes of transportation vehicles like firetrucks, school buses, and cars. Then she uses pennies to model how to count people getting on and off a bus.
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VEHICLE SHAPES
Clip: 4/20/2023 | 8m 58sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
Eve Towsend notices the shapes of transportation vehicles like firetrucks, school buses, and cars. Then she uses pennies to model how to count people getting on and off a bus.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[cheerful folk music] - Hi there.
I just took a drive through the city to see all of the interesting things that I could see.
I wouldn't have been able to talk to you while I was driving 'cause that wouldn't have been safe, so I stopped and I took lots of pictures.
Do you wanna see?
Oh, what types of transportation vehicles do you think I saw?
Let me show you.
Oh, this was interesting.
What is this?
Oh, these are bicycles.
And some people ride bikes to get from one place to another place.
What shapes do you see?
Do you see any circles?
I see some here.
[liquid gurgling] Oh, here's another one.
Do you know what this is?
This is a subway station or a train station.
That's where people go to take a train to get from one stop to another stop.
Let's take a closer look at a subway station.
What shapes do you see?
Do you see any rectangles?
[air whooshing] I see some here.
I saw a lot of these today.
They were all over the place.
What's that?
It's a bus stop?
Do people take buses to get from one stop to another stop?
Oh.
Let me take a closer look at a bus.
Hmm.
What shapes do I see?
What shapes do you see?
I think I see a circle.
Do you?
[lighthearted folk music] I see one here.
[liquid gurgling] Do you see anymore?
I see one here [liquid gurgling] and another one here.
[liquid gurgling] I think I see a rectangle.
Do you?
I see one here.
[air whooshing] Do you see any more?
Oh, I see one here, too.
[air whooshing] What other shapes do you see?
I think I see a triangle.
Do you see it?
I see one here [bell dings] and one here.
[bell dings] [sighs] That was such a fun drive.
Thank you for helping me learn more about the different ways I can get around the city and also helping me to discover the shapes that are all around.
Do you wanna play a game?
Excellent.
I love this game.
It's a problem-solving game, and it's called "How Many Are on the Bus Now?"
Before I tell you how to play the game, let's get our materials together.
For this game, we will need a piece of paper, some number cards, about 10 of the same items that are all the same and easy to count, like pennies or buttons, and something, like a napkin, or a scarf, or a bandana, that we can cover them with.
Okay, the first thing you need to do is line up your cards in order, starting with one and going up from there.
I have five cards.
So I started with one, [bell dings] then two, [bell dings] three, four, five.
[bell dinging] Okay, now we're gonna use our piece of paper.
We're gonna pretend this piece of paper is the bus and these pennies are the people.
So some people are getting on the bus, and I want you to count them.
Then point to the card with the same number.
So how many passengers are on the bus now?
[bell dings] Right, one.
You probably didn't even have to count.
You probably just saw with your eyes that there was one.
Now, this is where the game gets tricky.
You have to use your eyes.
Look very carefully.
How many are on the bus now?
Can you point to the card that shows how many?
What number did you point to?
Or if you're not pointing, you can hold up the number of fingers of people that you see.
How many are on the bus now?
How do you know?
Did you count or did you just see?
I'm gonna check.
I'm gonna count.
We have one, two.
[bell dings] You are right.
Now, there are two.
Okay, look very, very carefully.
How many are on the bus now?
Point to the number of cards or put up that many fingers.
All right, let's check.
Let's count and check.
There are one, two, three.
There are three people [bell dings] on the bus now.
All right, let's look very, very carefully.
How many are on the bus now?
How do you know?
How did you figure that out?
Did you count?
How did you figure it out?
Hmm.
All right, I'm gonna count to check.
There are one, two, three, four.
There are four [bell dings] on the bus now.
All right, I am going to try to trick you.
I'm going to cover these four people.
Okay?
Look very, very carefully.
How many are on the bus now?
[chuckles] How do you know?
You can't see.
How do you know?
How did you figure that out?
All right, I'm gonna uncover this and I'm gonna count to check.
There are one, two, three, four, five.
There are five passengers [bell dings] on the bus.
Excellent.
I had so much fun.
Thank you for playing with me today.
I'll see you next time.
Bye.
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