When Nova helps her grandfather weed the garden, she earns five dollars for the work. What exciting things can she buy with five dollars? Using everything she knows about dollars, quarters, dimes, and nickels, Nova explores her options at the store and finds that getting what she really wants might mean saving the money rather than spending it.

Mila’s cat, Muffin, can’t tell time. Muffin wakes her up early every morning! Tired of having her sleep interrupted, Mila attempts to teach Muffin how to tell time. She tells her about the hour hand, the minute hand, and hour and half-hour units. Will Mila’s teaching work? Will she ever get a full night of sleep?

While his grandmother makes burritos for dinner, Adrian works on homework for a lesson on shapes. At first, he does not have a fun time with it. Then his grandmother asks him a simple question: What does a circle taste like? Her question leads to a series of delicious discoveries as Adrian tastes all sorts of different shapes.

Ava loves building sandpiles with her toy trucks. Levin enjoys climbing the sandpiles with his toy dinosaurs. Both friends are convinced their toys are the best. But when they start directly comparing Ava’s trucks and Levin’s dinosaurs, they find that “the best” depends on which measurement they take.