Counting 1 to 5

Have you noticed the fingers on your hands? Yes, those lovely fingers that we use to wave, play, and grab our favorite toys. We can also use them for counting!

• Now, look at one of your hands. You see one finger? We hold up just this finger and keep the other fingers down.We can say that's 1, said One. Just like having one cube.
• Now, let's count one more. We lift up the next finger, too.We can say that's 2, said Two. Just like having two cubes.
• And we keep counting, adding one more finger each time, as we go higher and higher.
• And so on up to 5!

And the fun part is, you can use this to count other things! If you have 2 apples, you can hold up 2 fingers.
Keep practicing, and soon you'll be counting all kinds of things, from toys to candies to stars in the sky!
Keep up the great work, super counters!

We point to each apple and say the numbers in order:

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So, the number of apples is \(3\).