My daughter’s first grade teacher sent home this list of kids books that help build math skills:

• 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
• Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
• Count on Your Fingers African Style by Claudia Zaslavsky
• Emeka’s Gift:  An African Counting Book by Ifeoma Onyefulu
• Emily’s First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
• Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
• Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert
• From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
• I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
• Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang
• Math-Terpieces by Greg Tang
• My Numbers (Mis Numeros) by Rebecca Emberley
• Numbers by Henry Arthur Pluckrose
• Roll Over! A Counting Song by Merle Peek
• Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle
• Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews (English/Spanish)
• Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges
• Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
• Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman and Sylvia Long
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (English/Spanish)
• The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kushkin
• Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two, Three by Pat Mora (English/Spanish)

The first grade team at our school has been using this list for a few years and it may have originated from another source.  If you recognize this list, please leave a comment so we can give credit where it is due.

P.S.  Thanks Mrs. Mitchell!

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