The Philippines, where this story comes from, is an archipelago in Southeast Asia. The archipelago is located in the Philippine Sea, between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The people of the Philippines produce (grow) and export (send) coconuts to other countries. Coconuts grow on palm trees - if you go to the Philippines, you will see many tall coconut palms, but did you know that the coconuts are a pale green color? Watch out for them in today's story! I wonder how many you can count?
One day an old man called José decides to collect coconuts to fill his larder at home. He sets out in his horse and cart to the nearest coconut grove, where he struggles to find just one, two, three, four, five coconuts. Eventually he does, putting five sacks each filled with one coconut in the back of his cart. However, the story is not over yet... Find out what happens on José's bumpy ride home! In this wonderful tale from the Philippines, children will experience beginning to record numbers using a simple tally system. Enjoy reading the story and recording numbers with José.
Author Biography:
Helen Bradford, Ph.D. Dr. Helen Bradford is a passionate lifelong early years educator. She has worked in the early years for almost 30 years, where her specialist area of expertise is developing childhood language and literacy 0-8 years. She worked at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge between 2003 to 2015, where she co-led literacy on the Early Years and Primary PGCE course, alongside Mrs. Penny Coltman and Dr. David Whitebread. Dr. Bradford moved to UCL (University College London) Institute of Education in 2015, where she lectured for four years across early childhood Master's courses, working with diverse cohorts of students from across the globe. Her Master's Thesis, 'The Perceptions of Three- and Four-Year-Old Children as Writers' submitted to Cambridge received a top 'A' grade. Her Ph.D. research, entitled 'Co-Constructing Writing Pedagogy with Two-and-Three-Year-Old Children', won the 2019 United Kingdom Literacy Association prize for best thesis. Dr. Bradford is a member of CAMathories' Education Team, designing the curriculum for CAMathories¿, and is a writer of the Folktale Mathematics¿ Series of Books. Succeeding Dr. David Whitebread after his untimely passing, Dr. Bradford is currently the Chief Education Officer of CAMathories Company. Dr. Kit Cheung has lived, studied, and worked in different places, from the fun yet hustle and bustle cities of Hong Kong (China) and Singapore, to the awesome Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, then to fairytale-like Cambridge in England, and later to Baltimore, the crab cake capital of the world, before settling in the garden state, New Jersey, of the U.S.A. Dr. Cheung likes to travel to different places in Asia, Europe, and Australasia, to meet different people, to learn about different cultures, and is fascinated by different folk stories from different areas. Dr. Cheung is a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship (awarded by the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development O¿ce, U.K.) and Cambridge Overseas Trust (by the University of Cambridge, U.K.), and has obtained a Ph.D. degree from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Cheung is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of CAMathories Company.
