Book of Numbers for Preschoolers
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This FREE Book of Numbers is an incredibly useful resource for preschoolers to recognize and name numbers and to practice pre-writing, pre-reading, counting, and fine motor skills, laying the foundation for future mathematical operations.
Each page of this mini-book features a different number and objects for children to count, and includes a dotted phrase with the number and object to be traced. It also includes multiple dotted numbers to help children learn number shapes and practice their tracing skills.
The book includes the numbers 0 to 10. You can get it at the end of this post.
Benefits of the Book of Numbers
This book provides multiple benefits for preschoolers across several domains, helping them lay the foundation for more complex mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, and pattern recognition. Among the benefits we can mention:
- Number Recognition and Formation – Helping the children understand the numerical order and the connection between the shape of a number and its quantity, and commit them to memory.
- Cognitive Development – Exposing them to numbers enhances their memory, improves their attention abilities, and encourages logical thinking, which also helps them apply this knowledge to other tasks, such as recognizing time, quantities, and money value.
- Problem-Solving Abilities –Learning numbers helps preschoolers develop their critical thinking skills, enabling them to count, compare, sort, and organize objects.
- Language Development – When children learn the names of the numbers, they learn vocabulary, which also helps them understand sequence and order.
- Fine Motor Skills – Tracing numbers and phrases improves the development of the small muscles in their fingers and hands, and their hand-eye coordination.
- Social-Emotional Development – Learning to count and recognize numbers builds children’s self-esteem and confidence, improves their focus, patience, and attention to detail.
You don’t have to give all the pages to the children immediately. You can read a page at a time, as you introduce each number.
How to Prepare the Book of Numbers
This book is very easy to get ready. You will only need:
- The Book of Numbers printable (found at the end of this post).
- A printer.
- White paper.
- Scissors.
- Stapler and staples.
- Pencils, crayons, or markers.
Just print the pages on white paper, cut them out outside the lines, have the children identify and count the objects, and trace the phrases and numbers with pencils. Once they finish all the pages, staple them together to create a mini book that children will keep and re-read for a long time.
Number-related Books
These books can be found at your local library, used bookstore, and on Amazon. If you want to add them to your collection, you can use my affiliate links embedded in the titles for immediate access.
- On the Launch Pack: A Counting Book About Rockets by Michael Dahl is an exciting book with bright illustrations and hidden numbers on each page to introduce the concept of counting.
- Leo Loves Numbers: A First Numbers Adventure by Siomara Malta Nicacio uses colorful illustrations and simple, engaging sentences to help children recognize numbers while exploring everyday objects and playful scenes.
- Goodnight Numbers by Danica McKellar gives children the building blocks for math success, helping them connect with the real numbers in their world while creating cuddly memories, night after night.
- My Very First Book of Numbers by Eric Carle is a brilliantly colorful and bilingual book in which children can find the number of fruits in the bottom half of a page that matches the number of boxes and numerals in the top half, and also match English and Spanish words for each.
- Llama Llama Numbers by Anna Dewdney is a concept board book about numbers, written in rhyme, that explores the fun of tidying up while counting down to one.
- Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr. is a bright, rollicking, joyous book for young children featuring 101 shapes climbing an apple tree.
- Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews is a unique and fun picture-counting book that will help children develop visual learning skills, explore creativity, and practice counting, all in one.
- Monster Counting Book for Preschoolers 1 to 20 by SoulPerfect Books is a fun counting book that will help preschoolers build their confidence and counting skills while they enjoy the learning activities.
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Don’t forget to download your FREE Book of Numbers. Just click the link below and enter your information to download immediately.
Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.
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