Books and numbers

[AnonyMouse_26037]

So, I was browsing pinterest as you do (the bread dough is rising, the tomato soup is simmering and the ironing is looking at me) and came across a book clock.  Like this one here:  https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/AQfPtxE_rr59nyodxd6QVBtWaVD1A__jfJOfzS1Tcy18gOIsy6S2CzY/

I was pondering whether it would be possible to do a children's version so started trying to come up with possible books to use.  So far I've managed 101 Dalmatians (!) and Five Children and It neither of which were quite what I had in mind so I thought I'd put it out there as a bit of a FSF challenge - can any suggest ideas for picture books that I could create a book clock out of?!

[AnonyMouse_19782]

One Yellow Lion

 

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Matthew Van Fleet (Goodreads Author)

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Every page contains a surprise in this active picture book, filled with countable, colorful critters to engage the very young. Each spread features a number word from one to ten, a color word, and an Arabic numeral, folding out to reveal one or more lively animals.  (bit too young really I think, but you haven't said which age group you are looking for)

 

[AnonyMouse_19782]

A little more  tricky than I first imagined Froglet, no wonder you have put this out to the Brains Trust😂

Never heard of this one, but found it on line,   Two Frogs by  Chris Wormell

3 Little Pigs or various versions of this, i.,e 3 little robots (ours loved that)  or The Wolf and the 3 bad pigs (sure you know which one I mean)

Secret 7

Edited April 12, 2021 by Panders

[AnonyMouse_26037]

Thanks Panders - it was much harder than I thought - definitely Brains Trust needed!  It was more that I liked the idea and wondered if it was possible and was thinking it would be a nice way to give my class (year 1) a reading goal - we currently have 'Can you read a rainbow?' where I've copied the covers of 7 books which are broadly each colour of the rainbow and put it up on the wall.  I used books that we had in school and it definitely increased interest.

To be honest, my next 'theme' for my classroom is around sunflowers/growing/art/sculpture - I'm aiming for my reading corner to be a reading garden.  We made a house for the 3 pigs last term out of large cardboard boxes and I'm wanting to turn that into a garden shed that they can read in (need to find some small torches - it's dark in there).  It was just that the clock idea intrigued me.

You had some interesting ideas - and my class love the Three little wolves and the big bad pig!

[AnonyMouse_19782]

The Wolf and the 7 Kids (Grimms Fairy Tales)

The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Grimms)

Grimm seems to have a few numbers within his titles, but I doubt whether they would be  individual books these days.

 

How about Aesop's Fables - maybe choosing 12 of those for the children to read?

[AnonyMouse_26037]

11 hours ago, Panders said:

The Wolf and the 7 Kids (Grimms Fairy Tales)

The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Grimms)

Grimm seems to have a few numbers within his titles, but I doubt whether they would be  individual books these days.

 

How about Aesop's Fables - maybe choosing 12 of those for the children to read?

Great ideas!  Maybe we should write our own story clock!

[AnonyMouse_26037]

Six dinner Sid!

[AnonyMouse_19782]

Loved 6 Dinner Sid.

 

5 Minutes to Bedtime Katie Ellison (a pirate story - our children liked that one)

Just one of those days  Jill Murphy

 

[AnonyMouse_26037]

I've discovered that if you google 'children's picture books' + the number you get some ideas.  Might be an excuse to buy more books... ;-)

 

[AnonyMouse_8282]

What a lovely idea.

[AnonyMouse_13453]

It takes two to Twit twoo

[AnonyMouse_26037]

10 hours ago, Cait said:

It takes two to Twit twoo

I'm going to look that one up!  Thank you!

[AnonyMouse_13453]

1 hour ago, Froglet said:

I'm going to look that one up!  Thank you!

It’s a lovely book!  All about how one owl calls ‘Twit’ and another replies ‘twoo’  It seems that a lot of folk think that tawny owls call ‘twit-twoo’ when actually that’s two owls, one responding to another.  

[AnonyMouse_13453]

1 hour ago, Froglet said:

I'm going to look that one up!  Thank you!

 

[AnonyMouse_19762]

Note to self - you do not need to buy any new books 🤣

[AnonyMouse_26037]

2 hours ago, sunnyday said:

Note to self - you do not need to buy any new books 🤣

I was wondering when we'd hear from you! 😉