Tingpur Money · Book 5
The Waiting Jar
Saving upSAVE16 pagesAges 3–7₹225ISBN 978-81-183533-4-8
A box of twenty-four crayons costs twelve coins. Plodu has two. With a Waiting Jar, a lot of patience and a little sister who wants a jar too, can he do it? A story about saving up.
Wait, wait… and SAVE!
Learning outcomes
What your child learns
Ages 3–4
Your child waits for a turn, and colours one circle for each coin saved.
Ages 5–7
Your child plans to save for something, and counts up to 12.
Builds: Patience, self-control and early counting. Linked to the development areas in India’s National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCF-FS 2022). See all 10 books.
For grown-ups
After you read
Talk about it
- What was Plodu waiting for? What was Tiddu waiting for?
- Why didn’t Plodu buy the ice gola?
- What would you save up for in your Waiting Jar?
Try at home
Make a Waiting Jar with your child. Draw one circle for every coin needed and colour one in each time a coin goes in.
