Counting is fun when you child helps Elmo learn to count to ten in an exciting outdoor adventure.
Very popular with pre-school ages and early learners.
Suitable boys and girls up to the age of 7. Perfect for a Birthday, Christmas or Thank you Gift.
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Poor Elmo!
Everyone was ready for the big hike through the park but him. Aidan
Kessler, age 2, from Aberdeen, found Elmo
sitting sadly on the steps of
123 Sesame Street.
"What's the matter, Elmo?" asked Aidan, swinging a
backpack.
Elmo sighed. "Elmo is supposed to bring 10 sandwiches
on the hike, but Elmo isn't
good at counting to 10."
"Come on, I'll help you," said Aidan. "Louis, Dan,
and Pete always help me when I
need it. That's
what friends are for!"
With help from Aidan, the
sandwiches were soon ready and everyone set off on the
hike.
As they walked, they heard a loud growl.
"Yikes!" yelped Bert.
"Bears!"
Ernie laughed. "Nope. That's just my tummy telling me
it's time for a snack." His tummy
growled again.
"Who has the backpack?" asked Aidan. "There
are snacks inside."
"Elmo has one backpack," said Elmo, as Big
Bird pulled some apples from the pack.
"Yum, yum, two
apples. One for Elmo and one for Ernie's hungry tummy."
The
path led to a wide stream.
"Watch me!" shouted Prairie Dawn. "I
won't get wet." She jumped across the brook on
some stones.
"Elmo, can you count the stones?" asked Aidan.
"Yes, yes! Three stones." Elmo hopped across. Hop, hop, hop.
"Pop, pop, pop! Three heads popped out of the water.
"Look,
Elmo," laughed Aidan. "Those stones were really
turtles!"
"Elmo can count turtles, too!" said Elmo. "One, two,
three!"
In a sunny spot beside the brook, Aidan spotted
something else for Elmo to count.
"Take a look at those
bumps on the log," Aidan said.
"Ooooh. One, two, three, four lumpy bumps on a log," counted Elmo.
"Four bumps that
look like..."
Ribbit, ribbit, croak,
croak! The four bumps jumped away.
Aidan grinned.
"Four lumpy frogs like bumps on a log! Louis, Dan, and Pete would
sure like to see those funny frogs."
When they reached
a bright green meadow, everyone ran and played in the long grass.
"I spy five things, Elmo," said Aidan. "Can you
guess what they are?"
"Where? What?" said Elmo. "Elmo sees lots
of things."
"I'll give you a hint," said Aidan. "The five
things I see are little and green and squiggle
a lot."
"Okay, Elmo will look for five little green things that squiggle."
"Hey Aidan! Elmo saw five little
green, squiggly caterpillars," shouted Elmo.
"You're getting very
good at counting, Elmo," said Aidan. "Listen,
can you hear the
knocks?"
Tap! Tap! Tap! Elmo
listened carefully. Tap! Tap! Tap! "Elmo hears six knocks."
"Yes!" said Aidan. "See, high in the tree,
six birds pecking away."
Next, Aidan and his
friends hiked to a small waterfall. Aidan picked up a shiny pebble
and tossed it into the pool beneath the falls. It landed with a
mighty splash. KERPLUNK!
Elmo gathered seven stones. But before
he could pitch the first pebble, some fish
popped up and
yelled, "Hey, cut that out!"
"Whoops! Sorry, you guys." Aidan gulped.
"Uh, how many fish do you see, Elmo?"
"Eight fish," said Elmo.
"Eight ANGRY fish. Let's get out of here!"
"Do you want to
play a game?" said Aidan as they
hiked through some tall pine trees.
"Let's see who can find
the most pine cones."
Elmo looked the hardest. He found more
than all the others.
"Elmo has nine! Nine pine cones." Elmo
groaned. "Help! Elmo can't carry nine pine
cones, Aidan."
"Don't worry, we'll help you plant them so they'll grow into trees,"
said Aidan. "Nine pine
trees
are almost a forest."
By now, everyone was hungry. Aidan picked a
picnic spot and said, "Let's eat!"
Big Bird poured the lemonade.
Ernie and Bert passed out cookies. Prairie Dawn
unpacked
grapes.
"My tummy's hungry again," said Ernie. "Where are the
sandwiches, Elmo? I hope you
brought a lot!"
"Elmo
and Aidan made ten sandwiches," said
Elmo. He counted them out slowly.
"One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!"
"Ten sandwiches sure is a
lot," said Ernie, munching happily.
"Congratulations, Elmo,"
said Aidan. "Today you counted one
packpack, two apples,
three turtles, four frogs, five
caterpillars, six birds, seven pebbles, eight fish, nine pine
cones, and ten sandwiches, all by yourself."
"Aidan is right,"
Elmo said. "Elmo DID count all that."
Aidan smiled.
"It'll be fun telling Louis, Dan, and Pete about the
fun stuff you counted
when I get home to Aberdeen."
"You can tell them one more funny thing
Elmo counted," giggled Elmo. "Look, Aidan!
One sandwhich being carried away by ten ants!"
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