Grade 1 Mathematics Video 1
Numbers From 0 to 20
Duration: 5–7 minutes
Language: Simple Indian English
Learning goal: The child should count, recognise, compare and arrange numbers from 0 to 20.
Scene 1 — Welcome and Curiosity Hook
Visual: Nova Teacher sits beside a table containing colourful stars.
Nova Teacher:
“Hello, little learner! I am your Nova Teacher.
Look at these colourful stars. Can you help me count them?
Let us touch each star and count slowly.”
Animation: Each star glows when counted.
Nova Teacher:
“One, two, three, four, five!
There are five stars.”
On-screen text: 5 Stars
Scene 2 — Counting From 0 to 10
Visual: A basket is empty.
Nova Teacher:
“There is nothing inside this basket.
When there is nothing, we use the number zero.”
On-screen text: 0 — Zero
One ball enters the basket at a time.
Nova Teacher:
“Now let us count together.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten.”
Interaction pause:
“Now you count from zero to ten.”
Pause: 8 seconds.
Scene 3 — Counting From 11 to 20
Visual: Twenty mangoes appear in two rows of ten.
Nova Teacher:
“Excellent! Let us continue after ten.
Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty.”
Animation: Each number appears as its mango is counted.
Nova Teacher:
“Ten mangoes in the first row and ten mangoes in the second row make twenty mangoes.”
On-screen text: 10 + 10 = 20
Scene 4 — Number Names
Visual: Number cards appear one by one.
Number
Number name
0
Zero
5
Five
10
Ten
15
Fifteen
20
Twenty
Nova Teacher:
“Every number also has a name.
This is number five. We write its name as F-I-V-E, five.
This is number ten. We write T-E-N, ten.
This is number twenty. We write T-W-E-N-T-Y, twenty.”
Scene 5 — Before and After
Visual: Number line from 0 to 20.
Nova Teacher:
“Numbers stand in an order.
Look at number eight.
The number before eight is seven.
The number after eight is nine.”
Animation: 7 ← 8 → 9
Nova Teacher:
“Now look at number fourteen.
Which number comes before fourteen?”
Pause: 5 seconds.
“The answer is thirteen.”
“Which number comes after fourteen?”
Pause: 5 seconds.
“The answer is fifteen.”
Scene 6 — Greater and Smaller
Visual: One plate contains 6 laddus. Another contains 9 laddus.
Nova Teacher:
“Which plate has more laddus?
Let us count.
This plate has six laddus. The other plate has nine laddus.
Nine is greater than six.
Six is smaller than nine.”
On-screen text:
9 is greater than 6
6 is smaller than 9
Nova Teacher:
“Remember: the group with more objects has the greater number.”
Scene 7 — Arrange the Numbers
Visual: Cards showing 12, 10 and 11.
Nova Teacher:
“These number cards are not in the correct order.
What comes after ten?”
Pause: 4 seconds.
“Eleven!”
“And what comes after eleven?”
Pause: 4 seconds.
“Twelve!”
Animation rearranges cards: 10, 11, 12
Scene 8 — Quick Recap
Nova Teacher:
“Today we learned:
Zero means nothing is present.
We can count from zero to twenty.
Every number has a number name.
Numbers have a before number and an after number.
A group with more objects has the greater number.
