By Nancy Viau and Illustrated by Michelle Hazelwood Hyde
Featuring a predictable rhyming pattern and playful illustrations of marine animals, this under-the-sea adventure introduces and reinforces ordinal numbers.
Join 10 marine animal friends as they meet up one by one for a rollicking underwater game.
FIRST on the scene is lonely Lill.
“Is someone here to play?”
SECOND is snack shack helper Sam.
“I’ll join you right away!”
Early readers will enjoy this fun story with a number theme, while more-advanced learners will benefit from the concepts of sequencing and the ordering of objects in a collection.
Combining early math concepts with plenty of aquatic fun, this colorful picture book is perfect for at-home learning or the classroom. This colorful picture book combines a math theme with plenty of aquatic fun as 10 Gulf Coast animal friends meet up one by one for a rollicking game of under-the-sea volleyball.
Both educational and engaging, the book’s playful illustrations feature a seahorse, sea turtle, manatee, manta ray, and other Gulf Coast animals.
Early readers will enjoy this fun story with a number theme, while more-advanced learners will benefit from the concepts of sequencing and the ordering of objects in a collection.
Perfect for at-home learning or the classroom, this book is ideal for parents and teachers looking to explore early math concepts with young readers. Teachers and librarians have mentioned to me that books on ordinal numbers (First, Second, Third, etc.) are hard to find for Pre-K to Grade 2 kids.
There are plenty of counting books (cardinal numbers), but those that focus on position or order in relationship to a group (ordinal numbers) are few and far between. Preschoolers and kindergarten students especially have difficulty with this concept. The story also supports character education units on independent thinking, acceptance of differences, and the value of a team effort.
Introduces and reinforces ordinal numbers (first, second, third . . .)
An underwater adventure featuring Gulf Coast marine life (seahorse, sea turtle, Gulf sperm whale, manta ray, stone crab, manatee, Gulf shrimp, spiny lobster, nine-armed sea star, bottlenose dolphin)
Delightful illustrations and a predictable rhyming pattern will engage young readers
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Size: 11.0in x 8.5in | Pages: 32 | 16 color images
Binding: Hardback
Ages 5 to 7
