Counting books for preschool-aged children are great tools for introducing 4-year-olds to counting and numbers.
They typically show children a set of items with the numeral which represents the amount, thus providing children with a visual representation of a number.
There are many different counting books on the market based on a variety of themes. I have some listed below. Feel free to pick out ones your young child would enjoy.
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Counting Books for Preschool
1-2-3 Peas by Keith Baker – Count peas one to ten, then count peas to one hundred by tens.
Count to 10 With A Mouse by Margaret Wise Brown – One little mouse wants to learn how to count. Follow him as he journeys through a book and discovers all kinds of things to count.
Ten in the Bed by Jane Cabrera – Counting down from ten to one was never so much fun as it is in this silly bedtime book.
10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle – A box with ten rubber ducks gets lost at sea. What happens to each duck? Read to find out!
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews – Donald Crews reveals in very clever ways how different numbers of dots can be found in different things around the world.
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell – A family works together to buy and prepare food for a meal in this counting book.
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani – Can cats stack? They do in this book about counting and addition.
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr. – If you like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, you’ll love this counting book which includes numbers zero to a hundred.
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me! by John Micklos Jr. – Leaves appear one at a time in the spring and fall off one at a time in the fall presenting the perfect opportunity for children to count forwards and backwards.
Goodnight, Numbers! by Danica McKellar – There are many things for children to count in this sweet bedtime story
I Spy Two Eyes: Numbers in Art by Lucy Micklethwait – Children can hunt for one to twenty things in art in this I Spy book.
My First Counting Book by Lilian Moore – Beautiful, warm illustrations and enjoyable rhyming text characterize this lovely Golden Book.
One Two That’s My Shoe! by Alison Murray – One silly dog takes a little girl on a counting journey when he steals her shoe!
Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3 by Sherri Duskey Rinker – What kinds of things are on the train for children to count? Giraffes, cars, ice cream scoops and more!
One Is A Snail, Ten Is A Crab: A Counting by Feet Book by April Pulley Sayre – Learning numbers one to ten as well as tens to a hundred was never so much fun as it is in this foot-counting book.
Little Owl’s 1-2-3 by Divya Srinivasan – Little Owl flies through the night counting his animal friends until the night ends and he falls asleep.
The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book by Nancy Tafuri – A storm is coming! Ten animals run for cover in the hill hollow. When the storm ends, they discover a surprise in their shelter and leave very quickly!
One Is A Pinata by Roseanne Thong – Kids can learn to count to ten in English and Spanish in this bilingual book.
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh – A snake catches ten mice and puts them in a jar to eat later, but the clever mice devise a plan and escape the snake.
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