Lucy and Grandpa find an empty small clear plastic bucket beside a garden sandpit, shallow water bowl on table.

Lucy’s Water Bucket

Shared Reading Books · Numeracy · Ages 3–4

Lucy wants to make a sand mound with Grandpa. The sand is dry. “We need a little water,” he says. Lucy finds her small bucket.

Lucy tilts EMPTY clear bucket so Grandpa can see nothing inside, standing on dry ground.

Lucy looks inside. The bucket is empty. She tips it towards Grandpa. There is no water to pour onto the sand yet.

Lucy pours a little water from a small jug into clear bucket while Grandpa supervises at low garden table.

Grandpa helps Lucy pour in some water from a little jug. Now the bucket is not empty. “There is some,” says Lucy.

Lucy and Grandpa compare TWO identical clear buckets, one with little water and one nearly full, side by side.

Another bucket stands beside it. Both buckets are the same size. One has a little water. The other has much more. Lucy looks at the fuller one.

Lucy adds one small cup of water to less-full bucket while Grandpa steadies it.

Lucy adds one small cup of water to her bucket. The water level rises. “More water,” she says. Grandpa steadies the bucket while she pours.

Lucy stops pouring when the bucket is nearly full, with the water just below its rim.

“Stop there,” says Grandpa as the water nears the top. Lucy stops before it spills. The bucket is nearly full. There is only a little room left.

Lucy and Grandpa use water from clear bucket to dampen sand in a small tray.

They pour some water onto the sand in a tray. The sand becomes damp. The bucket has less water now. Lucy watches the level go down.

Lucy and Grandpa make a sand mound beside now almost empty clear bucket and little jug on garden table.

Soon Lucy has a little sand mound. Her bucket is almost empty again. “We put water in. Then we poured some out!” she says. Grandpa helps her put the water things away.

Lucy’s Water Bucket

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