This week's theme is counting week and we read few books on it. Nancy Tafuri writes a good counting book. It is about ten little woodland animals hurry to get into the hill hollow once the rain starts to pour. It counts with Bird, Mouse, Squirrel, Rabbit, Chipmunk, Woodchuck, Raccoon, Possum, Red Fox and then Skunk all squeeze in the hill hollow that makes it ten! We giggled every time we looked at how they huddled together warmly in the hollow, as the lightning flashes outside. Then the rain stop pouring and that's when they hear a rumble grumble noise near them. They search for the noise and much to their surprise, they find out the noise is from the two bears! They run out the hollow and the counting starts from 10 to 1. Surprisingly, the storm is over and there is a beautiful sunny day outside!
We love the illustration. Every fur of the animals looks so real. What's more, we can learn about new animals. This book is good for early childhood maths, especially for Iesha's age. I definitely need to teach them numbers. It's kind of pity when they have limited numbers in minds. Like what Iris said, "I love you Mummy so much! I love you one hundred!". While Iesha (with a limited counting ability), "I love you Mummy, ten!" Well, in any either way, they are my reasons to smile!
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