Zero to Ten. Counting Sea Creatures.

As the numbers begin to decrease, counting down to one the background shift and begin to lighten till a baby seal is greeted at its birth in a new day. By focusing on counting and using numbers as an organizing principle, Rose engages readers without having to create a plot. In this book the marriage between math and marine biology allows for this structuring without the repeated images feeling monotonous, because there is an underlying structure organizing the introduction of the illustrations and creatures. Jul 02, Luisa Knight rated it it was ok Shelves: Count up to ten and back down with sea creatures.

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These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you'll know just how clean it is or isn't. Dec 04, Alexsys O rated it it was amazing Shelves: A Cute counting book that counts sea creatures and includes facts about each sea creature. Illustrations add the work but are colored in a nice cool-tone which matches the work perfectly. Includes lots of interesting sea creatures that may not be your typical sea life. Oct 13, Becca Buckman rated it really liked it. One Nighttime Sea, written by Deborah Lee Rose and illustrated by Steve Jenkins, will be great to read to any young child learning how to count to ten.

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The reader is taken on a journey through the ocean meeting new sea animals and learning the numbers Once the journey seems to come to an end, the 10 sea turtles begin the journey back to the number 1. The story fits into the counting genre of picture books. The incredible use of rhyming words, timed language and intriguing tone brings jo One Nighttime Sea, written by Deborah Lee Rose and illustrated by Steve Jenkins, will be great to read to any young child learning how to count to ten.

The incredible use of rhyming words, timed language and intriguing tone brings joy to every page of the book. The language continues through the entire book as one more number is added to the creatures introduced throughout the ocean journey. The use of language and tone will provide the young listener with great ways to remember numbers, as well as facts about the animals.

This story is a great read for any young child learning how to count from As an educator of this lesson, I am certain this book will be a great asset to any preschool and kindergarten classroom. Many activities, such as number ordering, number recognition and memorization games, can be incorporated into lessons used in the classroom. Jun 11, Amy rated it really liked it. This is a nice picture book for young children with lovely rhythm and rhyme.

It's a great counting book, featuring a variety of twenty different nocturnal sea creatures, including porpoises, sea lions, spider crabs, and more. This book teaches forward counting from one to ten in addition to backward counting from ten to one, a feature not all counting books have.

The book also provides more information about each of the twenty sea creatures featured in the book at the end for those who are curio This is a nice picture book for young children with lovely rhythm and rhyme.

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The book also provides more information about each of the twenty sea creatures featured in the book at the end for those who are curious and want to learn more, very educational. The illustrations are fantastic, beautiful! I highly recommend this book! Feb 17, Hannah Evilsizor rated it really liked it Shelves: This book would be for preschool or kindergarten aged students. I would read this book during an ocean unit or animal unit. Unlike most counting books, when this book gets to ten, it goes back down to one.

I also really enjoy the illustrations of this book and the way the book feels.

I would be able to have the students help me read by having them look at the picture and tell me what it is. Also for older students I could have them pick an animal and then find other books with that animal in the This book would be for preschool or kindergarten aged students. Also for older students I could have them pick an animal and then find other books with that animal in them and draw a picture of that animal or write a sentence about it.

Feb 02, Jessica added it. This is a great book for using when working on counting.

Counting Backwards from 10

It counts from then back down from It would be a good book to use as a model for making a felt story board for preschoolers to use on their own. They could follow the book pages and use the felt cutouts to count along with it. The animals illustrations were also fun to look at. This book could also be used when learning about different sea animals. Jun 17, Sandra Strange rated it liked it Shelves: This counting book offers artistic, attractive illustrations of the sea animals out from dusk to dawn used to count from 10 down to 1 in charming verse.

The end repeats the count with additional information about each animal. My grandchildren haven't latched onto it yet, but it's a beautiful and informative book, so I hope they decide to like it. Jan 06, Joolissa rated it it was amazing Shelves: The textures in Steve Jenkins' paper cut illustrations are marvelous and I caught myself trying to touch them multiple times as I read.

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The details are wonderful. As for the story, I love how it counts both up to ten and back down from. The selection of sea creatures is splendid and quite varied and theres a great info area for each animal in the back. Apr 18, Aaron Alexander rated it really liked it Shelves: This would be an excellent book for kindergarten students to use when practicing and learning counting.

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The book uses a fun rhythm and rhyming scheme that in engaging for students. It also uses many undersea animals so it could also be used to facilitate a discussion on undersea organisms. Aug 29, Martainmia rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is my all time favorite bedtime book. We leave out more and more numbers as we go! As an extra activity we ask the kids to colour or circle one number in each row. We have 4 pages of these mixed "missing numbers" worksheets, progressing in difficulty throughout the pack.

Use them when children need extra practice at counting up and down from 10, or for revision when these skills have been mastered. This simple worksheet asks children to match each penny to a currant bun - just like in the rhyme Five Currant Buns. As they do that, colour in one of the numbers from left to right to see how many currant buns are left. Use these cute frog number line markers with our lily pad number line and lily pad number line skip counting by 4.

This printable number line provides lily pad numbers from 1 to 50 - perfect for our frog number line markers to hop along. Help the kids learn to count with these extra cute minibeast number lines! We have an ant, bee and beetle to help them along Our second set of missing numbers worksheets works on "counting backwards" from 10 down to 1, and any number along the way. Help Felix the Fox with his counting backwards skills! There are 4 worksheets in the set, and they are available with UK and US school fonts.

These colourful number lines come with blue edges and cheerful bees to help the kids along. Just slice along the dotted lines to divide them up. Cheerful children will encourage your kids to practise their counting skills on these cute number line printables Cheer up the desks or tables with these colourful number lines for little kids, complete with stars! Here are three easy-to-print number lines for early learning, with numbers 0 to 10 and some very cute sea creatures to help the kids learn to count!

This useful Ten Towers printable can be used for counting practice or for display. Cut the "ten towers" apart and laminate each one individually if you wish. Use this set of Ten Towers together with our Ten Towers 0 to 10 for practice in counting up to 10 and counting down from 10! Print and cut out this set of 10 Ten Towers, on which we've highlighted the numbers in sequence. Pick up up and put your finger on the highlighted number, then show your child how to count on from that number, and count back from that number.

These simple black and white Ten Towers can help with counting activities, number bonds to 10, first addition, counting on and so on. Choose from 4 versions: Here are some colour versions of our Ten Towers, numbered both up and down from Print and cut out 4 different towers to make counting colourful and fun. Choose from UK or US school fonts too.

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Print out our traffic jam number line and leave it as it is to make a set of simple posters, or cut out the bright, simple cars and create a number line. Become a Member to access 32, printables! Skip to main content. Counting Backwards from 10 Learning to count backwards - and to understand what the numbers mean rather than just reciting them by rote - is another skill that gets built on in the future as children learn to subtract, get proficient with mental maths etc.