"Buster's Undersea Counting Expedition 1 to 20" By: Robert Stanek

Buster's Undersea Counting Expedition 1 to 20 is a children's book written by Robert Stanek. This book is designed for younger children to assist with counting.The 28 pages are filled with bright illustrations of various objects found in the ocean. These objects help assist children with counting from 1-20.

Here is an idea for an at home activity:
While you are reading this book with your child, ask them to point out and count the new objects that appear with every turn of the page. By the time the book is finished, you will have helped your child successfully count to 20.

This book is avaliable for purchase at: http://www.amazon.com/

Each Orange Had 8 Slices by: Paul Giganti, Jr.

Each Orange Had 8 Slices is written by Paul Giganti, Jr. and illustrated by Donald Crews. This colorful children's book presents creative ways for children to practice simple mathematics. For example, the author uses a well-known object, an orange and it's seeds to produce an easy multiplication problem for children to learn and/or reinforce their math skills. The pages are also filled with division, addition, and subtraction problems.

There are many creative activities that can be done at home that correlate with this book. One suggestion is to get an orange and demonstrate what the author writes to your child as you are reading the book together.


Each Orange Has 8 Slices is recommended for Pre-K-Grade 1.


This book is avaliable for purchase at: http://www.amazon.com/

Count to Sleep Washington D.C. by Adam Gamble and Joe Veno

Count to Sleep Washington, D.C. is written by Adam Gamble and Joe Veno, Joe Veno is also the illustrator.This book makes counting fun for children as it introduces various historical landmarks in Washington. The pages of the book are filled with illustrations of the capitol building, the White House, and many more popular monuments found in the nation's capitol.

This book is geared for children 0-5 years of age. It highlights numbers 1-10 and is best to read to children at bedtime because of the soothing images and alluring text.

This book is avaliable for purchase at http://www.amazon.com/

The Baseball Counting Book by: Barbara Barbieri McGrath

The Baseball Counting Book written by Barbara Barbieri McGrath and illustrated by Brian Shaw is an piece of children's literature that assists children with counting by using familiar baseball terms. I find that this book is good for any child that finds interest in baseball because the author uses items such as bats and teams to familiarize children with all numbers up to 20. The books pages are filled with rhymes introducing the numbers which keep the children interested and wanting to see what is on the next page.

This book is ideal for children ages 5 and up.

This book is available for purchase at: www.amazon.com

Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever

This piece of children's literature written by Richard Scarry is a classic book filled with detailed pictures that assist with children's learning to count. Willy Bunny, the main character, uses familiar objects such as himself and the 3 wheels on his tricycle to aid children with learning to count.The book fills the 44 pages with various objects all the way to 100, by the end, children will be familiarized with numbers and learn to count in no time at all! The book also introduces adding and subtracting with simple, easy to read sentences.

This book is geared towards children ages 4 and up.

You can purchase Richard Scarry's, "Best Counting Book Ever" at www.amazon.com

One Red Dot by: David A. Carter

One Red Dot is an instant attention grabbing pop-up book for children. The author and illustrator, David A. Carter, fills the 18 pages of this book with various pop-ups and and flaps. The pages are bright and have a very modern feel. The idea of the book is for the children to locate each red dot in the pop-up presented. The red dots range from 1 to 10. This book is not specifically made to be a "counting" book but can very easily be transformed into one simply by assisting your child with counting the red dots that fill the pages. This book is ideal for children of all ages.

Below is an example from one of the pages in One Red Dot:

This book can be found at www.amazon.com along with many other intriguing pop-up books by David A. Carter.

The Gummy Candy Counting Book by Anne & Richard Hutchings

The Gummy Candy Counting Book is an excellent book when assisting children with counting.This book catches the attention of children because the pages are filled with colorful, familiar things that children love such as various shapes of "gummy" candy. This piece of childrens literature is also appealing to children because the pages are filled with rhyming which makes the text more interesting to read. An example of rhyme in the text is, "get ready to count the things you love to chew. They come in all colors-red, yellow, and blue."

The Gummy Candy Counting Book is geared for children ages 4 and up. The book has a total of 32 pages so an adult may need to assist the younger children to keep them interested since it is a bit of a lengthy text.