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Poppy Sorts Big and Small

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Part 1

Poppy Puppy helped prepare the playground. A blue hoop and a yellow hoop lay flat on the ground. One big sample ball sat by blue, and one small sample ball sat by yellow.

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Poppy Sorts Big and Small

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Part 1

Poppy Puppy helped prepare the playground. A blue hoop and a yellow hoop lay flat on the ground. One big sample ball sat by blue, and one small sample ball sat by yellow.

Page 2

Part 2

A big red ball and a tiny green ball were easy to sort. Then Poppy found a purple ball. She was not sure which group it matched.

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Part 3

Poppy first placed the purple ball by the small-ball hoop. When she looked again, it seemed much bigger than the small sample.

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Part 4

Instead of pushing it into place, Poppy rolled the purple ball beside the big and small sample balls.

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Part 5

The purple ball was the same size as the big sample. Poppy moved it beside the blue hoop.

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Part 6

She compared every remaining ball before sorting it. Large balls went blue, and little balls went yellow, one at a time.

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Part 7

When the basket was empty, Poppy counted four big balls and four small balls. Every ball matched one of the two samples.

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Part 8

Poppy was glad she checked the samples. When size was hard to guess, putting objects side by side made the difference easier to see.

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Poppy Sorts Big and Small

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Intro

Poppy wants her ball to roll,
But toys are covering the floor.

Verse 1

Big-paw box and small-paw box,
Which toy goes in which big spot?
Large rope next to tiny bone:
One is big and one is small.

Chorus

Big with big and small with small.
Compare the toys and sort them all.
Look at size, then choose the box.
Match each toy with little paws.

Verse 2

Rope and red ball, big-paw side.
Small bone, blue ball fit inside.
Poppy checks the room once more.
Every toy is off the floor.

Final Chorus

Big with big and small with small.
Poppy found a home for all.
Now her red ball rolls with cheer
Across the open floor so clear.

Outro

Compare and sort, then run and play.
Poppy made a tidy way.

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