- Hi, friends.

How are you today?

My name is Katherine and I'm so excited to be here with you today.

We are going to be reading this story called "Chick, Chick, Peep, Peep, Peep," and it is written by the author Xiao Mao and it was illustrated by Hisana Sawada.

So, I am so excited to start reading this story with you.

But first, I want to introduce my special guest.

This is Genevieve.

Say "Hi," Genevieve.

- Hi, I'm Genevieve.

- Nice to see you, Genevieve.

Are you excited to read this story with me today?

Yes?

So, one of the wonderful things about this story is that not only do we see a mama hen and her baby chicks, we also get to do counting because this story has numbers, and it kind of lets you see the different kinds of numbers there are, depending on, well, I'm not gonna give too much of it away, but if you are learning your numbers or if you are a number master and a mathematician already, then you'll be able to use your expertise as we read this story.

So, are we ready, friends?

Are you ready?

Okay, let's see what happens.

"Chick, Chick, Peep, Peep, Peep."

"Chick, chick, peep, peep, peep."

And we see the mama hen and her baby chicks.

Oh, our first number.

What number do you see, Genevieve?

- One.

- One.

So, "The first chick jumps onto the step."

- Like this.

- Yes.

- Like this.

- Like you're walking up a step, this little chick is jumping up a step.

It's jumping up to Number One.

"Peep, peep, peep.

The second chick jumps onto the step."

So, then we see that the first chick is going up to Step Two while the other chick goes up to Step One.

So, we see the numbers one and the number... - Two.

- Two.

- Turn the page.

Turn the page.

- Let's turn the page.

"Peep, peep, peep.

The third chick jumps onto the step."

So, we're seeing the chicks jumping one step higher each time.

We have a new number.

What number is this, Genevieve?

- Three and I'm using my fingers as the little chicks.

- Three and you're using your fingers to show where the chicks are standing.

So, we have one, two, three so far.

Hmm.

What do you think comes after three, Genevieve?

I have one, two, three- - Four!

- Four.

"Peep, peep, peep.

The fourth chick jumps onto the step."

So, now we have one, two, three- - Four.

- Four steps.

Wow.

"Peep, peep, plop!

The fifth chick falls down."

[gasps] Oh no.

And look, there's something here that's happening.

I think you used a word about this the other time, Genevieve.

You said usually some stories have- - Problems.

- Problems or a conflict.

I've seen here that there is a little problem happening.

What is the problem in this story right now?

- [Genevieve] It fell down.

- The baby chick fell down.

So, here we have all the other baby chicks and they're on the staircase.

We see them, one, we see the there's two, three, four, five.

Those baby chicks are on stairs, but then we don't see the number one because he wasn't or she wasn't able to jump up to the step.

She fell down.

- It's like you are trying to do something new, like I just learned how to do monkey bars and that one just learned how to go a step.

- I love that example, Genevieve.

So, Genevieve shared that she's learning how to do monkey bars, and then sometimes when you're learning something you might fall, but you try again, and this reminds me, actually, Genevieve, of your baby brother.

When your baby brother was learning how to walk and how to first go up steps on the stairs, he also fell down, and that was very scary.

- And when I tried to go up monkey bars and I tried to go to the hard problems like math problems.

- Absolutely.

So, just like when you're trying something new for the first time, like these baby chicks are, it can be a challenge, but you keep on trying just like the baby chick in this story, see?.

Next page.

"Oops!

Try again."

And here's the baby chick.

He tried but then fell.

But you know what?

The mama hen looks like she's pushing him.

"Try again."

"Peep, peep, peep.

The fifth chick jumps onto the first step.

Peep, peep, peep.

The other chicks cheer her on."

Let's cheer the baby chick on.

Go baby chick.

Go baby chick.

"Peep, peep, peep.

She jumps onto the second step.

Peep, peep, peep.

She jumps onto the third step."

She's getting there.

"Peep, peep, peep.

Oops!"

[gasps] And then we see the baby chick fall down one.

Oh no.

How do little chicks feel, Genevieve?

How do you think they feel?

- [Genevieve] Surprised and really sad.

Nervous.

- [Katherine] Yes, maybe surprised that she fell, sad to see that she fell and that she might be hurt.

But guess what?

The other chicks cheer her on again.

"Peep, peep, peep.

The fifth chick jumps onto the fourth step."

- [Genevieve] He can't see this.

[both laugh] - [Katherine] I can't see.

I'm so nervous.

Is she gonna make it to the fifth step?

- I can't look.

I'm so happy.

- I am so happy.

"Peep, peep, peep.

She jumps onto the fifth step."

Yay!

- Yay!

- Guess what?

The fifth chick is reunited with the rest of her siblings at the very top.

That's so exciting.

"Hooray!

Five chicks enjoy a tasty treat.

Peep, peep, peep!"

- [Genevieve] Yay, now it's food that's yummy.

- [Katherine] Now she's like, "After all this hard work, I can enjoy my apple.

This is the best."

- [Genevieve] And he got a big one.

- Yeah, she got a big juicy one.

So, friends, now it's gonna be this time that we're gonna be doing an activity.

So, I have a couple of cubes here, Genevieve, and you know what I'm gonna do?

I also have a couple of numbers.

So, in this activity, you can just get a piece of paper, and maybe you can have an adult or you yourself can write this down.

So, for example, I'm gonna pick a random number.

Ready?

What number is this?

- Four.

- Four.

So, I have the number four.

Now you know what you can do?

You can go around your house and find four of any objects.

So, maybe I can find, hmm, four pieces of paper.

I can find four stuffed animal toys.

I can find four pencils.

- Four cubes.

- So, in this case, Genevieve found four cubes.

Let's check, ready?

- Let's put them- - One, two.

Oh, you're making them into steps, right?

One, two.

- Hey, want me to make a- - Three and four.

Great.

So, I'm gonna take one more number.

Are you ready everyone?

Okay.

Okay, you can get the next number, but what number is this, Genevieve?

- Two.

- Two.

You see that, friends?

Let's show it to our friends really quick.

Two.

So, now you can grab any two objects around the house, or right now we're using these cubes.

Genevieve, you found one, two.

There are two cubes on here.

Excellent.

- Let's put them in an order.

- Oh, that could be another activity you do.

Afterwards, you can put them in order so it does look like a stepping stone, like a staircase.

Okay, last one.

Ready?

Grab a number.

Grab a number.

- Grab the one.

- One, you were right.

You saw the sign, right?

Let's show our friends.

One.

Okay, so then you found the one cube.

And there you go.

Here we have the number one.

- Wait, we need space for three.

- Oh, hmm.

- So, we have one, two.

It looks like we're missing the number three.

Let's see.

- Can I go?

- Yeah, here's- - Actually, you go.

- I go?

Okay.

Here's three.

So, I'm gonna fit it in.

One, two, three.

I find an object that has three.

One, two, three cubes.

And the last one is the number- - Five.

- Five.

- I have a I.

- Let's show our friends the number five.

- And what about making line with these once it's done?

- Oh, maybe, but let's check.

One, two, three, four, five.

You could bring five objects around your house.

And then there we go.

We are set.

One, two, three, four, five.

So, it was so great sharing this story and doing this fun activity with you.

- Like five crayons.

- Like five crayons, yes.

Okay, so, thank you, friends.

Have a great rest of your day.

Bye.