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1001 Animals to Spot
Designed by by Ruth Brocklehurst, Susannah Owe, Anna Milbourne
ISBN: 0794501494 Published: 2002
This colorful book features animals in a variety of habitats. Children are encouraged to see if they can locate and count the animals on each page.
Read
 Preview the book with your child. Explain that it is an animal counting book. Encourage your child to count the animals they see.
Do
 Create your own animal page with the types of animals you might see in your yard or neighborhood.
What are some other things can you count around the house? How many places are there to sit? How many windows are there in a room? How many things to drink are there in your refrigerator? How many things to read are there in your room?
Take a nature walk and see how many animals you can spot.
See if you can name a type of animal for each letter of the alphabet. If you can't think of an animal for a letter, see if you can do some research and find one. Make a book about the animals you named.
Choose an animal and learn more about it.
View
 Curious George
Curious George's Bunny Hunt
George falls in love with neighbor Bill's new pet bunnies. Educational Objective: problem solving; counting; animal tracks.Live Action: Kids explore a wildlife refuge and find tracks in the fresh snow. They use charts they made to try to identify the tracks they find. Online Game: Count Your Chickens (Show 5)
Curious George Sees Stars
George is determined to count all the stars in the sky, but he just can't stay awake long enough to finish. Educational Objective (Math): To aid in counting with understanding and recognizing "how many" in sets of objects. Live Action Segment: Kids play some counting games! Online Game: Count Your Chickens (Show 16)
Candy Counter
Eating candy is easy, but counting and sorting it is much more difficult! George quickly learns this when he agrees to watch Cayley's candy counter for an afternoon. Educational Objectives (Math): To demonstrate sorting and classifying sets of objects (or animals) by size, number, and other characteristics (properties); to model building, sorting, and the comparing of two- and three-dimensional shapes. Live Action Segment: Kids visit a children's museum where they have been "hired" for the day to help organize and stock the shop that sells recycled materials. They have to sort barrels of industrial widgets and craft materials by size and price. Online Game: Count Your Chickens (Show 18)
Reading Rainbow
How Much is a Million by David M. Schwartz
Illustrations and text from this feature book help readers visualize how much a million, a billion and a trillion really are. LeVar explores ways of counting large numbers as he talks to people who share grouping and estimating techniques. In a visit to the Crayola Crayon Factory, workers show how crayons are made and talk about the large number of crayons they handle in their jobs. Then on to Giants Stadium where vendors and stadium employees use estimation to prepare for game day.
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss
The feature book explores how rhyming, melodies and mathematics help combine sounds of different instruments, making music fun - and fun music. Taking a trip to New York City's Julliard School of Music, LeVar discovers how orchestra members combine their sounds, and work as a team under the leadership of the conductor. Then STOMP, a percussion performance group, demonstrates how creativity, expression, rhythm, dance and self-expression are incorporated into a team effort that's very active and entertaining.
Websites
Count Us In
Learn to count, recognize patterns, sort, and tell time at this interactive game site from the Australian Broadcasting Company.
Count Your Chickens
The name says it all, count the chickens at this site from the Learning Planet.
Fishy Count
Count the fish at this site from Primary Games.
BBC Numeracy
This site from the BBC features lots of number games and activities for children ages 4-11.
Creature Feature
Learn fun facts about animals at this site from National Geographic.
Wildlife Journal Junior
Learn more about North American and New Hampshire animals at this site from NHPTV.
Animal Printouts
This site from Enchanted Learning has lots of animal coloring sheets and printouts.
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How many kisses does it take to say goodnight to a baby? This counting book counts down the kisses from ten to one.
One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Mannis (2002)
This book uses haiku as a little girl counts things in a Japanese garden.
Look Whooo's Counting by Suse Macdonald (2000)
Young Owl flies through the night sky and learns to count the animals he sees from 1-10.
Ten , Nine , Eight by Molly Bang (1983)
A little girl and her father count down to bedtime using objects in the girl's bedroom.
The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta (1992)
Count strange and unusual bugs one way and then go backwards and try your hand at the alphabet.
Anno's Counting Book
by Mitsumasa Anno (1975)
This wordless counting book tracks the growth of a village over twelve months.
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Atsuko Morozumi (1990)
A gorilla travels through forests, fields, and the sea counting animals along the way.
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Marjorie Priceman (1995)
A ten piece orchestra is built instrument by instrument in this book.
Counting Wildflowers by Bruce McMillan (1995)
This book of photographs counts wildflowers from 1-20.
One Is a Snail Ten is a Crab: A Counting Book by Feet by April Pulley Sayre (2003)
This book counts animals from 1-10 based on the number of feet they have! |
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