Chapter 13: So Many Toys

Look at your toy box! Cars, dolls, balls, blocks, animals , so many things in one place. How many of each? Which type do you have the most of? Today we sort, count and show , that is data handling!

What we'll do in this chapter

Sort things into groups.
Count how many are in each group.
Draw simple picture graphs.
Find which group has the most and which has the least.

The big idea

When you have many things, it is hard to count them all at once. So we sort them first , put cars with cars, dolls with dolls, balls with balls. Now we can count each group easily.

That is what data handling is , making sense of lots of things by sorting and counting.

We can also draw a picture graph. Imagine making one little drawing for each toy:

🚗🚗🚗🚗 (4 cars)

🪀🪀🪀 (3 dolls)

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ (5 balls)

🧸🧸 (2 teddies)

Looking at the picture, you can quickly say:

The most of: balls (5)
The least of: teddies (2)
Cars and dolls together: 4 + 3 = 7

Data handling is like making a small story from numbers!

Let's play!

🧺 Toy Sort

Empty your toy basket on the floor. Make piles , soft toys in one, cars in another, blocks in another. Count each pile. Which pile is the biggest?

✏️ Picture Chart

Make a chart in your notebook. Draw a row of fruits you ate this week. One ☐ for each mango, one ☐ for each banana, one ☐ for each apple. Which fruit did you eat the most?

👕 Colour Count

Look in your cupboard. How many red shirts? How many blue shirts? How many white? Draw stick figures , one for each , and compare.

🥄 Spoon and Fork Sort

In the kitchen drawer, count the spoons, forks and knives. Tell mama which there are most of. (Spoons usually win!)

A small story

Anaya's class teacher asked, "What is your favourite fruit?" The children answered. Teacher drew a small picture for each answer on the board:

🍎 Apple: 4 children 🍌 Banana: 6 children 🥭 Mango: 9 children

"Look!" said teacher. "Mango wins!" The children clapped. Anaya whispered to her friend, "I knew mango would win , it is the king of fruits!"

Quick check

Look at your shoes at home. How many pairs are there?
In your pencil box, how many pencils? How many erasers?
If you have 5 cars and 3 dolls, which do you have more of?
Make a tally of how many windows are in your house.
Draw 3 dogs and 5 cats. Which group has more?

What did we learn?

We sort things to count them easily.
A picture graph shows numbers using little drawings.
We can quickly see which group has the most or the least.