A mother duck and her baby ducks paddle by and the tenth rubber duck floats with them. Until we have the tenth rubber duck floating all by itself.

Once out to sea, a storm whips up and a box of rubber ducks falls overboard, opens up and the ducks fall out and into the water. Now that you've seen this great book, what would you like to see now? Please note that as an AmazonĪssociate, we earn from qualifying pu rchases.In 10 Little Rubber Ducks, we see the rubber ducks being manufactured, boxed up and delivered to a cargo ship. For a full description of the 10 Little Rubber Ducks lesson / activity and the duck handout, visit the The students line up the ducks on their desk and point to the ordinal Is given a paper with ducks on it, which they cut out and color theĭucks, then make the ducks follow the directions given. Reference to the idea that the ducks went in differentĭirections-NSEW-although they certainly won't remember which duckĭoes with which direction!. Students try to retell the story using ordinal numbers and perhaps even In short, the teacher r eads the book, then has Network website lists a fun, interactive lesson / activity to go with Thousands of little rubber ducks (along with other bathtub toys likeīeavers, turtles and frogs) floating out at sea for a decade andįinally washing up on the shores of New England is almost unbelievable!įor the specifics of the story to share with your class, Real story that inspired Eric Carle to write this book. Share the Real Story Kids love hearing the The little ducks are being loaded onto the cargo ship.ġ0 Little Rubber Ducks Lesson / Activity Ideas

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Illustrations-although who isn't already familiar with Carle's It's hard to go wrong with Eric Carle! Interestīelow are the first three spreads, just to give you an idea of the School Library Journal called it 'a definite 10.' WeĪgree. Ordinal numbers (shown as '1st' as opposed to 'first') are used forĮach duck and printed in bold, making it a great resource for teaching 10 Little Rubber Ducks tells their story from production in a factory to 10 of themįalling into the sea during a storm, seeing different oceanic sites, andįinally ding their way to a different location. Scales the spill down to a more 'manageable' ten duckies adrift. 10 Little Rubber Ducks is one of our favorite Eric Carle books, partially due to the colorful, perky illustrations and partially due to the fact that the story is based on an actual cargo ship accident that set 29,000 plasticĭucks, turtles and frogs adrift in the ocean.Eric Carle's version

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