Text and illustrations use different objects in counting to one hundred. Readers are asked to find one item in each group of one hundred that is different from the rest.
A little girl's neighborhood becomes a discovery ground of things round, square and rectangular. Many of the objects are Asian in origin, other universal: round rice bowls and a found pebble, square dim sum and pizza boxes, rectangular Chinese lace and very special pencil case. Bright art accompanies this lively introduction to shapes and short glossary explains the cultural significance of theā¦
Explains how the number one can refer to a single item, the two shoes in a pair, the seven days in a week, the twelve eggs in a dozen, all the trees in a forest, and much more.
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Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food.'
Pigs family want some to eat but there's no any food on refrigerator and they don't have any money too, than they huanted for money to the whole house. And finally they're spended all the money at the restaurant.'
Alexander had hoped to save the dollar from his grandparents for a walkie-talkie.
Bunnies frolicking at the playground introduce the numbers one through ten and the principles of simple addition.
In rhyming verses, one animal after another neighs, moos, oinks, quacks and makes other appropriate sounds as each eats an apple from the farmer's tree.
Although some of the things her older sister taught her at home seem a little unusual at school, other lessons help make Annabelle's first day in kindergarten a success.