After eight comes nine. After nine comes ten. Ten is where the first row stops.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
Ten fingers
You have exactly ten fingers. So ten is one of every finger, with none spare and none missing.
Ten is a special number
Counting starts again in a new way after ten. You will meet that soon. For now, ten is a full set.
What a full ten feels like
Hold up all your fingers. Nothing left to raise. That feeling is what ten means.
Fingers are a real tool
Using your fingers is not cheating. Grown-ups do it too. It is a picture of the number you can carry anywhere.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Tap and try it out.
How many
That is a full ten!
Step 3: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Bo Fill the Frame
Bo puts counters in a ten frame.
- Step 1
He fills the top row. That is five.
Step 4: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
Ten Toes
Problem 1 of 1
How many toes do you have?
All the Way to Ten
1 of 3
What comes after eight?
2 of 3
What comes after nine?
3 of 3
A full ten frame holds how many?
Step 5: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 1
How many fingers on two hands?
What You Learned
- After eight comes nine, then ten.
- Ten fingers, ten toes.
- A full ten frame is ten.