Synopsis "Counting Through the Seasons"
Counting Through the Seasons is an interdisciplinary book that focuses on the following math concepts: counting, ordering, pattern, categorizing, symmetry, size, comparing, grouping, measurement, spatial relationships, addition...and let's not forget zero!The illustrations and accompanying questions also help children learn color recognition and improve their visual discrimination. The pages vary to include different levels of difficulty.The images for the book are based on science-the four seasons. Specific words are used in the book to increase science vocabulary: clam, scallop, maple, oak, monarch, robin, sap, and hibernation.Each season in the book includes a page with an open-ended question meant to foster creative storytelling and develop language skills. This book was made in Vermont. Look for the pages especially relevant to the children of this state: maple leaves and trees, sap buckets, wood fires and firewood, and mud season!
