Counting ( )

This is great book for the younger children because it is small but thick and soft.

Cute little board book with photographs of animals, cars, and babies. Encourages very little ones to start thinking about counting.

This book is very simple, but very intruiging for young babies and toddlers. It is a basic counting book with large and colorful pictures starting with one and ending with ten items. It incorporates food, pets, flowers and trucks.

There are a couple great features of this book. First off the pictues and illustrations are large and colorful allowing babies to become intruiged for hours. Next is the durability factor of the board book, it can withstand just about anything from food to glitter glue.

For extension ideas I would have children look through magazines and find colorful illustrations and make their own numbers book. Another idea would be to have ten kids with corresponding numbers and different items do a simple play or production of the book.

Ali has enjoyed looking at the pictures in this book since she was about 10 months old. However, the concept of counting won't come until much much later. Right now, it's still about learning vocabulary. ( )