The Hueys In None The Number

The thing about the Hueys was that they loved numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3…

Wait! 0? Is ‘none’ a number?

Join the Hueys for a counting conundrum!

Teaching Ideas and Resources:

This story is a ‘counting adventure’. Could you write your own counting adventure story?
Can you think of any other stories that include counting / numbers (e.g. the Very Hungry Caterpillar)?
Read the other ‘Hueys’ stories. Could you write a new story about them?
How many synonyms can you find for the word ‘zero’?
Could you rewrite the story using different items for the Hueys to count?
Could you write a definition of the word ‘none’? Does it have different meanings?

Can you think of some Maths calculations that include zero?
How many calculations can you create that have zero as the answer?
The Hueys describe none as ‘one less than one’. Can you think of other ways of describing it?
Can you find out about numbers that are less than zero? Could you make up some calculations / word problems that include negative numbers?

At the back of the book, there is a description of ancient civilisations that used the number zero. Can you find out more about these?