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2, 4, Skip Count Some More by Thomas K. Adamson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bright, cheerful and colourful introduction to skip counting. Conveys well why skip counting is helpful, and gives chances to practice.

It's pretty simple, with every day examples that get more complex as they go on: how many slices of bread needed to make five sandwiches? How many fingers do these children have? Which kid is missing a sock, and why does that mean there are an odd number of socks? Which lego bricks will fill this gap? How many packets of hot dog rolls with two rows of four buns need to be opened for two packets of hot dogs with two rows of five sausages in each? If each scoop of ice cream in a graph represents three children, how many children prefer each flavour, and how many kids overall?

The combination of explanations with pictures makes the processes very clear.

My going-on-five kid enjoyed it and wanted to read it in one go.

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