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Books for little ones

Picture books for ages 3 to 5, before the counting games. Tap Read to me and the book reads itself aloud. Swipe or tap to turn the page. Every book prints too: open it and press 🖨 Print for one page per sheet.

five as dots Goodnight, Dots A bedtime book. Dots come out to play up to five, then go to bed one by one, back to zero.
one as dotstwo as dotsthree as dots What Color Is My Number? One is red, two is orange… up to nine. Then back down the other way: red is one.
three as dotsfour as dots Every Number Has a Shape Three is a triangle, four is a square, seven is a flower. Then the other way: which numbers are squares?
three as dots➜four as dots One More, One Less Climb to ten one dot at a time, then come all the way back down, one less each time.
two as dots+two as dots Making Two, Three and Four One and one make two, two and one make three, two and two make four. Then take them apart, all the way to zero.
three as dots+two as dots Making Five Four and one make five. Three and two make five. Then take five apart again.
two as dotsfive as dots More or Less? Two piles on every page. Which one is more, and which one is less? And sometimes they are the same.
seven as dots+three as dots Buddies Make Ten Nine and one, eight and two, seven and three. Then start at ten and take a buddy away.
ten as dots Ten Is a Triangle Ten dots fill a triangle. Eleven is one ten and one more, up to fifteen, then back down to ten.
three as dots+three as dots Two of the Same One and one make two, up to five and five making ten. Then every double splits back into two the same.
123456789101112 What Time Is It? Read the clock from one o'clock to six. Then the other way: hear the time and put the hand there.

For grown-ups. Every number in these books is drawn as that many dots, each number in its own color, with the numeral underneath. A child who cannot read yet can still see that seven is seven things. Each book goes both ways: up and back down, more and less, number to color and color to number. A child who only ever counts up has learned a chant; going back down is what shows it is a quantity.

Read them together, point at the dots, and count them out loud. Under each book is the game it leads into, and the last page of the book has the same button, so a child goes straight from the story to playing it.

To print one: open the book and press 🖨 Print. The whole book comes out one page per sheet on white paper, with the cover first and the game to play next on the last page.