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This entertaining collection of rhymes explores counting backwards, counting in twos, and counting numbers beyond 10. From 'Five Little Monkeys' and 'Ten in a Bed' to 'One, two, buckle my shoe' and 'One hundred bees round a hive', these rhymes provide a rich range of enjoyable opportunities to familiarise children with ways of manipulating numbers. An introduction, 'Cracking the Code', discusses ways of learning to count and use numbers beyond 10 - tens and teens - thus providing a useful help for adults. Collected by a highly reputable early years educationalist with the clear aim of developing early number skills, these rhymes are vividly illustrated by an exciting new talent in children's picture books. This is a book that no foundation stage class should be with out.

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Learning is always more effective when it's fun and this lively picture book, which is packed with songs and rhymes, is ideal for giving young children a head start with number confidence. This is a great book for sharing. This cheerful and memorable book gets 10/10 from me. Learning is always more effective when it's fun and this lively picture book, which is packed with songs and rhymes, is ideal for giving young children a head start with number confidence. This is a great book for sharing. This cheerful and memorable book gets 10/10 from me.

This entertaining collection will be a welcome addition to KS1 classrooms. It explores counting backwards, in twos and beyond 10. The rhymes provide a rich range of enjoyable opportunities to familiarise children with ways of manipulating numbers. It is vividly illustrated and is a book that no class should be without. Bookseller This is a book that no foundation stage class should be without. www.bettybookmark.co.uk Highly recommended for parents and grandparents of younger children. Ibby Link The lively, energetic and brightly coloured illustrations will catch children's eyes and because they correlate beautifully with the rhymes will also provide useful cues when reciting the rhymes. Early Years Educator An entertaining collection of rhymes (some more familiar and traditional than others) which has been specifically collated to help children learn number words and to encourage them to enjoy using them in a playful and memorable way. The livey, energetic and brightly coloured illustrations will catch children's eyes and because they correlate beautifully with the rhymes will also provide useful cues when reciting the rhymes. Early Years Educator Recommended reading for the Foundation years. School Librarian Opal Dunn brings enjoyment and fun to counting with numbers beyond 10. This colourful book provides a collection of fun rhymes aimed at key stage 1 children. Each page is humorously illustrated to make learning fun and assist with learning the rhymes. 5-7 Educator An innovative and fun way of engaging children in more complex numeracy activities. We have made use of it for counting games as well as numeracy focused storytime, although I think the children might simply say we have read a fun book - success! Child Care

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Hannah Shaw graduated from Brighton University with a BA in Illustration. Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, but has also worked in a chocolate shop and a bead factory. Since childhood she has had a passion for writing stories and creating characters to illustrate them.She currently lives in a tiny village in Gloucestershire with Ben the blacksmith and Ren the dog. Her books include Evil Weasel which won the Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award in 2009 (voted for by 8,000 children) and Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All with Sean Taylor for Frances Lincoln.To visit Hannah Shaw's website click here Opal Dunn is widely known as a specialist in books on early first and second language development. She has been a consultant to the Council of Europe on children's bilingual education and acts as consultant to the British Council's LearnEnglish Parents programme. She has been short-listed for the Eleanor Farjeon award for services to children's literature and in 2008 received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun for over 30 years work with bilingual Japanese children.Opal's books for Frances Lincoln are Acker Backa Boo, El Gato Leo Goes to School, El Gato Leo Comes to Play, Leo le Chat Goes to School, Leo le Chat Comes to Play, Hippety-hop, Hippety-hay, Un Deux Trois and Number Rhymes to Say and Play. She lives in South London.

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