Number Fun: Making Numbers with Your Body

Description

With this book, children can learn the numbers 1 to 20 while getting in shape! Each page shows children using their bodies to make the shape of numbers, alongside simple printed versions of each number. The book complements the similar Alphabet Fun title.

Isabel Thomas studied Human Sciences at Oxford University before working in the wonderful world of children's publishing. She has written dozens of books for children and teenagers, and is a trained literacy tutor. Isabel lives in Cambridge, UK, with her husband and three rambunctious sons.

The main purpose of the book is to actively introduce young children to the lines and curves that make up numerals and the quantities associated with the numerals. . . . .It provides teachers and parents of young children various ways to integrate other mathematical concepts while reading this book. Many of the ideas suggested are active in nature and reinforce the physical attributes of mathematical learning. Number Fun: Making Numbers with Your Body is definitely a fun book to read. Whether at home or in the classroom, children will be actively involved in learning.-- "Teaching Children Mathematics, NCTM"