Storytime Activity Guide: Count with Little Fish by Lucy Cousins
Join Little Fish on an underwater journey, and learn to count from 1 to 10 along the way. This book is filled with bright, beautiful illustrations. It is a great way to help two- and three-year old children practice counting and numbers.
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You can share a book with a child in any language. It doesn’t have to be the language in which the book is written. Join us as we share Count with Little Fish in English, Tagalog, and Dari.
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Things to learn from this book
- Counting words: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
- Numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- The quantity associated with each number
- The answer to the question, “How many are there?”
These are skills that prepare children for kindergarten. You can practice them at home with some fun activities!
Try this!
Other Ideas
Watch
These 3-minute videos from Zero to Three (in English and Spanish) have great ideas about things you can count – and how you can talk about counting with children, even babies and toddlers.
Read
Other counting books you can enjoy with your family: 123 to the Zoo and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
Do
Follow the instructions in this video to make a bubble solution.
Ask your child to blow bubbles very slowly while you count. Take turns with your child to blow bubbles and count.
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