Counting past ten, comparing quantities and recognising shapes are where maths becomes useful to a four-year-old, and this folder-format book takes those in turn.
Pages run through number writing, counting objects, more and less, before and after, basic shapes, sizes and first sums worked with pictures rather than symbols. Keeping the sheets in a folder means a page can be pulled out for a single sitting and filed back without the book falling apart. Sixty-four pages are enough to carry a child through a full preschool year at a relaxed pace.
A summary of the offering:
• Number writing, counting, comparison and shape recognition in sequence
• Picture-based addition that comes before symbol arithmetic
• Folder binding that lets single sheets be used and returned
• Enough material to spread across a full preschool year
Pitched at four-year-olds and the adults teaching them, published by Golden Minds Publishing House and available from Boipoka.