Fun With Counting - Jenny Ackland

I'm not generally a "pushy parent". I think that Preschoolers are best learning through play, however, I have just purchased this book for the second time, having bought it for my eldest child and worked through every single page with her as it was fun for both of us, and something that we enjoyed doing as part of the preparation for school. "Fun with Counting" is from the well known Oxford University Press and is an educational but fun book aimed at those aged 3-5. I was delighted to see it for sale as part of a set at the excellent www.thebookpeople.co.uk, where currently you can buy this book and the other 9 in the series for a ...  Read the complete review

This Oxford 'Fun with Counting' book (for age 3 -5)is one of many that I carried around when I was employed as a substitute teacher during my first term after graduating. As a sub teacher I came across a wide variety of classrooms, schools and most importantly teachers, some of whom were extremely organised, others not so much. Therefore, on the occasions when I was subbing in a class where the teacher had either not left me anything to do with the children, or if a teacher was off sick, and there was nothing left, I needed lots of ready made worksheets to simply photocopy, but that would also be educational and reinforce their class number work. I picked ...  Read the complete review