Round the Edge
The idea: the inside and the edge are two different counts.
Read it
Five nights, one book
Little children love the same story again. Read this one five nights running, with a different job each night.
- listen.
- say the last words.
- join in the refrains.
- stop and ask what comes next.
- tell it to a toy.
Who is in this book
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Tila The whole is all its patches from PatchPals -
Tí a child of the Green Notices small things; says "again" -
Fence The fence round the edge and the grass inside are two different counts from ArrayPals
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- A patch three squares by three has nine squares inside, but twelve lengths round its edge.
- The distance round the edge of a shape is called its perimeter; the space inside is its area. They are different counts. Source
Stretched
- A fence of short sticks keeps the hens in. What we simplified: Real hens can hop over a low fence; a real hen run needs a taller one.
Made up
- The hens' patch is made up. Tila comes from PatchPals, Fence from ArrayPals, and Bà Tư from VanTots.
Tell it back
Tell the story to a toy, or to a grown-up. When you have, the grown-up taps the button, and a paper patch of nine squares with twelve little sticks round the edge goes on your belt.
On your belt: a paper patch of nine squares with twelve little sticks round the edge.
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.