This Old Man Ages 2-6

This book has numbers in a sequence to 9 and is sung as the familiar "nick nack paddy wack. . ." song. As the pages turn, simple addition is shown 3+2=5, 4+1=5, etc. on the opposite page using the cut out number.

Benefits:
 
* promotes fine motor development as child manipulates a variety of shapes on the pages
* designed for child to interact with book in a physical way
* uses vocabulary to communicate animal sounds (Old MacDonald) (sensory perception)
* involves use of rhymes and patterns which repeat throughout the books (pattern books are excellent for children as they are very easy to memorize so the child very quickly can master these books)
* incorporates music as most of these books are also songs
* provides opportunities for developing sequencing skills as child attempts to remember sequence of animals, insects and birds
* demonstrates print is meaningful as text matches illustrations

Extended Thinking:
 
* child plays at reading as child reads book by memory
* assembles concrete animals, insects, birds, etc. described in the books (eg. a toy dog, toy fly, etc.) Then ask child to sequence these to match the stories. (this can be done after many repeated experiences with the books).