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Related Activities to Try at Home

Games Your child will be bringing home the directions and materials for a card game called Double Compare. This game focuses on combining and comparing quantities. As you play, ask your child to explain how he or she is determining the total amount and how he or she is deciding who has more.

Math and Literature Here are some great counting books you can find in your local library and read with your child. Have your child count the objects on each page, and see what mathematical concepts your child discovers.

• • Bowman, Anne. Count Them While You Can.

• • Falwell, Cathryn. Feast for 10.

• • Holub, Joan. Apple Countdown.

• • Johnson, Stephen. City by Numbers.

• • Mannis, Celester. One Leaf Rides the Wind.

• • Rose, Deborah Lee. One Nighttime Sea.

• • Walton, Rick. One More Bunny.

• • Yektai, Niki. Bears at the Beach Counting 10 to 20.

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