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RecommendedCounting&Addition/SubtractionBooks

ColleenUscianowski

Counting

Manycountingbookscanalsobeusedtoteachaddingandsubtracting.

Anno,M.(1977).Anno'scountingbook.NewYork:HarperCollins.

Inthiswordlessbook,beautifulillustrationsshowhowthelandchangesaswemovethroughtheseasons.Eachpagealsoshowstheactivitiesofthepeopleandanimalswholivethere.AsthebookprogressesfromJanuarythroughDecember,orfrom1-12,you’llseethenumbersdepictedoneachpageassetsoftrees,people,orotherobjects.

Boynton,S.(1979).Hipposgoberserk.Boston,MA:Little,Brown.

Whenonehippodecidestothrowaparty,heinvitessomehippofriends!Firsttwohipposarrive,thenthree,andsoonuntilit’sacrowdedparty.Whenthehipposbegintoleave,childrencancountbackwardsfromninebackdowntoone.Theclearillustrationsandsimple,rhymingtextmakethisagoodcountingbookthatchildrenmaywanttoreadmorethanonce.

Ehlert,L.(1990).Fisheyes:Abookyoucancounton(1sted.).SanDiego,CA:HarcourtBraceJovanovich.

Childrenpracticecountingfromoneto10asthey’regreetedbycolorfulfishoneachpage.Thesimpleillustrationsandstraightforwardconceptmakethisanidealcountingbookforyoungerchildren.Thestoryinvitesolderchildrentoadd“plusone”morefishoneachpage.

Falwell,C.(1993).Feastfor10.NewYork:ClarionBooks.

Inthisstory,anAfricanAmericanmotherandherchildrenaregroceryshoppingtoprepareforafunfamilydinner.Atthesupermarket,childrenhelppickoutfrom1to10items.Thiscountingbookshowshowthefamilyhasfunshopping,cookingandeatingtogether.

Franco,B.,&Arihara,S.(2009).Zeroistheleavesonthetree.Berkeley,CA:TricyclePress.Thisstorybookintroducesatrickynumber:zero.Childrenareinvitedtofindthenumberzeroallaroundthem,whetherinthebranchesofatreebydaytothevast,starryskybynight.

Walsh,E.S.(1995).Mousecount(1stRedWagonBooksed.).NewYork,NY:Harcourt.

MouseCountdoesn’tonlydemonstratecountingfromoneto10,butthenitreversesand

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countsbackwardsfrom10toone.Inthestory,ahungrysnakecaptures10mice,addingbutbytheendofthestorytheclevermiceescape.Althoughthisisagreatstorytopracticecountingbackwards,withclearandsimpleimages,theplotmayfrightenyoungchildren.

Wilson,K.,&Chapman,J.(2015).Bearcounts(FirstEdition.ed.).NewYork:MargaretK.McElderryBooks.

Bearcountsobjectsaroundhimoneachpage,startingfromoneandendingatfive.Thestorypresentsmanyopportunitiestocountobjectsineachsceneandinviteschildrentocountalong.However,italsoincludesmanyadvancedvocabularywords,soitmaynotbeappropriateforlessadvancedreaders.

Yolen,J.,&Teague,M.(2004).Howdodinosaurscounttoten?NewYork,NY:BlueSkyPress.Childrenlearnthenameofeachdinosaurastheycountfromoneto10.Simpleandfunillustrationsalongwitharhymingpatterninthetextmakethisagoodcountingbookforyoungchildren.Attheendofthestory,childrenareinvitedtocountfromoneto10“overandoveragain!”

Addingandsubtracting

Baker,K.(1999).Quackandcount(1sted.).SanDiego:HarcourtBrace.

Thisstoryintroducesadditionbyshowingdifferentwaystorearrangesevenducks.Whetherwehavethreeononepageandfourontheother,orfiveononepageandtwoontheother,childrencanexplorehowtherearemanydifferentwaystoadduptoseven.

Carle,E.(2013).Roosterisofftoseetheworld(Vol.1stSimonSpotlightReady-to-read).NewYork:SimonSpotlight.

Roosterisjoinedbyfriendsashesetsofftoseetheworld.Adifferentnumberofanimalsjoinshimoneachpage,invitingchildrentoaddupthetotalnumberofanimals.Aftertheanimalsgethomesickandbegintoleave,childrencanpracticesubtractingeachgroupofanimals.

Hutchins,P.(2000).Tenredapples.NewYork:GreenwillowBooks.

Farmerstartswithtenredapples,butthenadifferentanimalshowsuponeachpagetoeatoneofhisapplesuntilhehasoneleft!Theapplesarewellspaced,arrangedinaclearline,andeasytodistinguishfromthebackgroundpage,makingthisanidealcountingbook.Childrencanalsolearnaboutsubtractingoneasweprogressfrom10applesto9,andsoon.

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Merriam,E.,&Karlin,B.(1993).12waystogetto11.NewYork:Simon&SchusterBooksforYoungReaders.

12WaystoGetto11isacountingbookaboutdecomposing,orbreakingapart,thenumber11invariousways.Eachpageshowsadifferentcombinationofobjects,suchas9pineconesand2acorns. The story encourages children to think about objects they can count in the worldaroundthem.

Murphy,S.J.,&Karas,G.B.Elevatormagic.NewYork,NY:HarperCollins.WhenaboygetsintoanelevatorwithhisMom,heusessubtractiontodecidewhichelevatorbuttontopress.Hethinksaloudaboutthesubtractionproblemandthetextshowsthesimplesubtractionequation,helpingchildrentounderstandsubtractionconceptually.TheboyandhisMomencountercrazythingseverytimetheelevatordoorsopen,addinganelementofmagicalfuntothestory.

Sayre,A.P.,Sayre,J.,&Cecil,R.(2003).Oneisasnail,tenisacrab:acountingbyfeetbook(Vol.1st).Cambridge,Mass:CandlewickPress.

Childrencanpracticeaddingbyputtingtogetherthenumberoffeetdifferentanimalshave.Aftertheygetto10feet,thestoryaddsanewtwistbyshowinghowtocountby10stogetupto100crabfeet.Forexample,“70issevencrabs-orteninsectsandacrab.80iseightcrabs-ortenspiders”Thisisagreatstorytopracticecounting,adding,skipcountingby10s,anddifferentwaystorepresentthesamenumber.

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