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One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book
"The buggy-eyed insects, crabs, and snails provide an appealing cast of characters who stand up to be counted against a summertime palette of orange sand and blue skies." — Kirkus Reviews
If one is a snail and two is a person, we must be counting by feet! Just follow the sign to the beach, where a bunch of fun-loving crabs, lounging dogs, gleeful insects, and bewildered-looking snails obligingly offer their feet for counting in a number of silly, surprising combinations — from one to one hundred!
If one is a snail and two is a person, we must be counting by feet! Just follow the sign to the beach, where a bunch of fun-loving crabs, lounging dogs, gleeful insects, and bewildered-looking snails obligingly offer their feet for counting in a number of silly, surprising combinations — from one to one hundred!
40 pages, Library Binding
First published May 1, 2003
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April Pulley Sayre
106 books105 followersApril Pulley Sayre was an award-winning children’s book author of over 55 natural history books for children and adults. Her read-aloud nonfiction books, known for their lyricism and scientific precision, have been translated into French, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean. She is best known for pioneering literary ways to immerse young readers in natural events via creative storytelling and unusual perspectives.
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July 2, 2012
One is a snail, two is a person, three is a snail and a person, four is a dog, five is a dog and a snail!
This is a really clever book which has strong cross curricular links with numeracy. The author is using feet/footprints as a counting tool. This is a great book which can be used across all primary year groups. The author carries on until 10 like this and then moves on to counting up to 100 (100 is ten crabs!) Lots of activities can stem from this book and can span a whole range of maths topics from basic counting to addition to algebra. E.g Are there any other ways we could make 100? (ie. 9 crabs, 1 dog and 6 snails)
It’s just a really fun way of talking about maths without listing lots of numbers and sums. Pictures could be used instead – children could match pictures of each animal/person to make various numbers. This could be a nice way of rounding up a week of numeracy lessons with some fun activities which still gets children using the same strategies and processes but in a way which will re engage them with the learning.
This is a really clever book which has strong cross curricular links with numeracy. The author is using feet/footprints as a counting tool. This is a great book which can be used across all primary year groups. The author carries on until 10 like this and then moves on to counting up to 100 (100 is ten crabs!) Lots of activities can stem from this book and can span a whole range of maths topics from basic counting to addition to algebra. E.g Are there any other ways we could make 100? (ie. 9 crabs, 1 dog and 6 snails)
It’s just a really fun way of talking about maths without listing lots of numbers and sums. Pictures could be used instead – children could match pictures of each animal/person to make various numbers. This could be a nice way of rounding up a week of numeracy lessons with some fun activities which still gets children using the same strategies and processes but in a way which will re engage them with the learning.
July 7, 2014
Nice colorful illustrations. Although labeled as a counting book, it quickly goes into addition and multiplication. Definitely will need a parent or teacher for this one. Will be confusing for the preschool set who will be drawn to the illustrations and to their parents thinking this is a beginning counting book.
May 26, 2022
Cute, but the wording is a little too simple, to the point that it lacks the explanation needed. Best for kids starting to learn multiplication, I think, although the illustrations seem geared toward a younger audience.
April 27, 2016
This book is a counting book that counts by feet, a snail has 1 foot, a person has 2, and 3 is a snail and a person. this counts all the way to 100 using feet.
I loved this book for its sweet illustrations and who doesn't like counting with adorable animal feet?
I would use this in a younger class or at home.
I loved this book for its sweet illustrations and who doesn't like counting with adorable animal feet?
I would use this in a younger class or at home.
April 14, 2019
Really interesting book. Unusual to see maths in such a creative and fun way
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October 13, 2015Title: One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book
Author: April Pulley Sayre, Jeff Sayre
Illustrator: Randy Cecil
Genre: Counting Book
Theme(s): Counting, Seashore, Feet
Opening line/sentence: “To the beach. One is a snail” (this is a snail’s foot).
Brief Book Summary: This book is entirely about counting, and uses unique and creative ways of showing children how to do so. The book begins by showing the reader that a snail has one foot, so they begin there at one. Then it continues that two is a person because a person has two feet. Three is a person and a snail. Four is a dog because they have four legs. Five is a dog and a snail. Six is an insect. Seven is an insect and a snail. Eight is a spider. Nine is a spider and a snail. Ten is a crab. The book then continues to count by ten’s up to one hundred using various things to count with for instance, “twenty is two crabs”, and “thirty is three crabs or ten people and a crab.”
Professional Recommendation/Review:
CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, 2004)
This ingenious counting book is all about feet. Not the kind with inches. The kind with toes, or paws, or claws. “1 is a snail. 2 is a person. 3 is a person and a snail.” The four-footed dog plus a snail equals five. The eight –footed spider plus a snail equals nine. Ten? Why, ten is a crab! And that means 20 is two crabs. Forty is four crabs, or ten dogs or…you get the picture. And so will kids. No doubt they’ll be eagerly creating their own pedimentary equations in no time.”
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
Kristin Harris (Children’s Literature)
“This is an extremely imaginative math books for young children. It focuses on recognizing patterns and using them in addition and multiplication. One is a snail. A snail is ullustrated with an arrow pointing to its one foot. Two is a man, with two arrows pointing to his feet. Surprise, three is a snail and a man. Four is a dog. Five is a snail and a dog. You get the idea; the fact that snails have one foot comes in pretty hand. Ten is a crab, they have ten feet. What follows is counting by tens up to one hundred. Lots of sets of crabs, but also multiples of dogs, dogs and crabs and sets of insects. The snails resurface at 100, for those who want to count really slowly. The illustrations are humorous and colorful. They are stylized to emphasize the legs, which is, of course, what is being counted. The artwork is inviting enough to keep kids coming back again and again.”
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
I tend to agree more with Kristin Harris because I really felt that this book was creative and imaginative especially for a math book. I can remember reading very boring counting books, but this one would have actually kept my attention. I also agree that the illustrations are humorous and colorful. Throughout the book I would catch myself stopping and really taking the pictures in. I think that children would love this book.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
This book was clearly made to teach children to count or add. I thought that the way the authors and illustrator presented the material was very unique and fun.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
This is a book I could definitely see myself using when teaching children to count to one hundred because it contains everything a teacher needs in order to do so. The book literally counts up to one-hundred using different animals/insects to do so. This could be a poster on the wall that would help children remember each number, and aid them in counting to one-hundred especially when they are first beginning. I think math problems could also be made from this book. For instance, if there are two crabs and a snail, how many do you have?
Author: April Pulley Sayre, Jeff Sayre
Illustrator: Randy Cecil
Genre: Counting Book
Theme(s): Counting, Seashore, Feet
Opening line/sentence: “To the beach. One is a snail” (this is a snail’s foot).
Brief Book Summary: This book is entirely about counting, and uses unique and creative ways of showing children how to do so. The book begins by showing the reader that a snail has one foot, so they begin there at one. Then it continues that two is a person because a person has two feet. Three is a person and a snail. Four is a dog because they have four legs. Five is a dog and a snail. Six is an insect. Seven is an insect and a snail. Eight is a spider. Nine is a spider and a snail. Ten is a crab. The book then continues to count by ten’s up to one hundred using various things to count with for instance, “twenty is two crabs”, and “thirty is three crabs or ten people and a crab.”
Professional Recommendation/Review:
CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices, 2004)
This ingenious counting book is all about feet. Not the kind with inches. The kind with toes, or paws, or claws. “1 is a snail. 2 is a person. 3 is a person and a snail.” The four-footed dog plus a snail equals five. The eight –footed spider plus a snail equals nine. Ten? Why, ten is a crab! And that means 20 is two crabs. Forty is four crabs, or ten dogs or…you get the picture. And so will kids. No doubt they’ll be eagerly creating their own pedimentary equations in no time.”
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
Kristin Harris (Children’s Literature)
“This is an extremely imaginative math books for young children. It focuses on recognizing patterns and using them in addition and multiplication. One is a snail. A snail is ullustrated with an arrow pointing to its one foot. Two is a man, with two arrows pointing to his feet. Surprise, three is a snail and a man. Four is a dog. Five is a snail and a dog. You get the idea; the fact that snails have one foot comes in pretty hand. Ten is a crab, they have ten feet. What follows is counting by tens up to one hundred. Lots of sets of crabs, but also multiples of dogs, dogs and crabs and sets of insects. The snails resurface at 100, for those who want to count really slowly. The illustrations are humorous and colorful. They are stylized to emphasize the legs, which is, of course, what is being counted. The artwork is inviting enough to keep kids coming back again and again.”
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
I tend to agree more with Kristin Harris because I really felt that this book was creative and imaginative especially for a math book. I can remember reading very boring counting books, but this one would have actually kept my attention. I also agree that the illustrations are humorous and colorful. Throughout the book I would catch myself stopping and really taking the pictures in. I think that children would love this book.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
This book was clearly made to teach children to count or add. I thought that the way the authors and illustrator presented the material was very unique and fun.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
This is a book I could definitely see myself using when teaching children to count to one hundred because it contains everything a teacher needs in order to do so. The book literally counts up to one-hundred using different animals/insects to do so. This could be a poster on the wall that would help children remember each number, and aid them in counting to one-hundred especially when they are first beginning. I think math problems could also be made from this book. For instance, if there are two crabs and a snail, how many do you have?
October 5, 2019
A lovely and funny counting book that can help children develop their mathematical thinking, through ideas of how to make larger numbers by combining different sets (i.e. the animals feet). Could easily be used as a read aloud in a maths lesson when looking at number bonds or multiplication (especially when trying to explain the commutative property of multiplication)
November 28, 2011
Genre: Children’s, Counting
Summary:
Using animals and people as the elements to count from one to one hundred, this book uses small numbers to first introduce the concept and then through repetition and building on that concept teaches how to reach much larger numbers. In relying upon the foundation of one through ten, with each number being represented by a cute creature, the reader is taught how to build math skills in a fun, inviting format.
Critique:
The concept of using small skills to create a foundation for larger skills is done effectively in this book, using familiar animals and human attributes to allow the reader to see the math and math tools in any setting.
The whimsical illustrations are simple, yet they give the characters a silly and relatable presence. With solid backgrounds, the main feature of each page is the item to be counted and the arrows used to highlight them reinforce this aspect.
Positives/Negatives:
The numbers are printed in a font size that is significantly larger than the text, cueing the reader to their importance. The use of multiple examples for the larger numbers also provides multiple avenues to understand how smaller groups are combined to form one larger group.
The element of humor makes the learning fun and introduces math in a context that is meant to be silly. With one hundred snails finishing the story the original character is brought full circle and the connection between one and one hundred firmly established.
Examples:
In providing numerous ways to conceive of numbers, the text and the illustrations give the reader critical repetition. “”30 is three crabs…. or ten people and a crab.”
The humorous nature of the story is presented in multiple settings with crabs in a pyramid, crabs in a conga line, and crabs headed to the shore with their inner tubes. While they only have two small eyes and a simple mouth this provides ample expression as one crab is left behind with ten spiders, looking rather uncomfortable.
Curriculum Connection:
The mathematical focus of the story and the use of everyday items that students recognize can be recreated in the classroom using a variety of tools. Any manipulative from food to marbles can be combined from smaller sets to larger sets, modeling the process within the book.
Students can work in teams to create their own book, choosing creatures and items to represent each number. As they identify a creature they can develop an illustration and a setting in which that character might be found. After each team has completed their book they can be shared with the class.
Summary:
Using animals and people as the elements to count from one to one hundred, this book uses small numbers to first introduce the concept and then through repetition and building on that concept teaches how to reach much larger numbers. In relying upon the foundation of one through ten, with each number being represented by a cute creature, the reader is taught how to build math skills in a fun, inviting format.
Critique:
The concept of using small skills to create a foundation for larger skills is done effectively in this book, using familiar animals and human attributes to allow the reader to see the math and math tools in any setting.
The whimsical illustrations are simple, yet they give the characters a silly and relatable presence. With solid backgrounds, the main feature of each page is the item to be counted and the arrows used to highlight them reinforce this aspect.
Positives/Negatives:
The numbers are printed in a font size that is significantly larger than the text, cueing the reader to their importance. The use of multiple examples for the larger numbers also provides multiple avenues to understand how smaller groups are combined to form one larger group.
The element of humor makes the learning fun and introduces math in a context that is meant to be silly. With one hundred snails finishing the story the original character is brought full circle and the connection between one and one hundred firmly established.
Examples:
In providing numerous ways to conceive of numbers, the text and the illustrations give the reader critical repetition. “”30 is three crabs…. or ten people and a crab.”
The humorous nature of the story is presented in multiple settings with crabs in a pyramid, crabs in a conga line, and crabs headed to the shore with their inner tubes. While they only have two small eyes and a simple mouth this provides ample expression as one crab is left behind with ten spiders, looking rather uncomfortable.
Curriculum Connection:
The mathematical focus of the story and the use of everyday items that students recognize can be recreated in the classroom using a variety of tools. Any manipulative from food to marbles can be combined from smaller sets to larger sets, modeling the process within the book.
Students can work in teams to create their own book, choosing creatures and items to represent each number. As they identify a creature they can develop an illustration and a setting in which that character might be found. After each team has completed their book they can be shared with the class.
October 13, 2012
One is a Snail Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre illustrated by Randy Cecil (Candlewick Press 2003). 32p. Counting Picture Book.
Summary: This is a creative book on counting. Sayre uses animals’ legs to teach children to count while also teaching children how many legs different animals have.
Critique:
a. This book has bright colors and is simple and easy to read.
b. It is good the way that Sayre has the numbers on each page very large and then keeps the words after (what the pictures are) short and sweet. The pictures help the children determine what the words say. This is clearly a beginner book for children who are learning to count and read. The pictures are bright and kid friendly in the sense that they are easy to see what they are. At the beginning the pictures are simple and not a lot going on in them but as the numbers get higher there are then more things.
c. For example on page 6, there is a picture of a dog indicating four legs. Besides the orange and blue background it is just the dog with arrows clearly pointing to its feet so there is no question what the children should be counting. It is then on the last two pages, 31 and 32 that there are 100 snails on the two pages. On the other hand, even as the numbers increase the words still stay simple for example on page 25, “80 is eight crabs”. The students can then look to the picture to identify the 8 crabs with 10 legs.
Curriculum Connection: This book is a good book to read when the children are learning how to count. The teacher can take the time while reading to count the different animals’ legs. This is also teaching children how many legs different animals have.
Summary: This is a creative book on counting. Sayre uses animals’ legs to teach children to count while also teaching children how many legs different animals have.
Critique:
a. This book has bright colors and is simple and easy to read.
b. It is good the way that Sayre has the numbers on each page very large and then keeps the words after (what the pictures are) short and sweet. The pictures help the children determine what the words say. This is clearly a beginner book for children who are learning to count and read. The pictures are bright and kid friendly in the sense that they are easy to see what they are. At the beginning the pictures are simple and not a lot going on in them but as the numbers get higher there are then more things.
c. For example on page 6, there is a picture of a dog indicating four legs. Besides the orange and blue background it is just the dog with arrows clearly pointing to its feet so there is no question what the children should be counting. It is then on the last two pages, 31 and 32 that there are 100 snails on the two pages. On the other hand, even as the numbers increase the words still stay simple for example on page 25, “80 is eight crabs”. The students can then look to the picture to identify the 8 crabs with 10 legs.
Curriculum Connection: This book is a good book to read when the children are learning how to count. The teacher can take the time while reading to count the different animals’ legs. This is also teaching children how many legs different animals have.
July 12, 2011
One is a snail ten is a crab: a counting by feet book
Reviewed by Johanne Weston, Public & Indigenous Library
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One is a snail ten is a crab is a picture book written
by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre and illustrated by
Randy Cecil.
Using feet as counters, it has basic addition, counting to 100, counting by sets of 2’s,
4’s and 10’s and multiplication. This educational picture book covers various age
groups. Younger children can learn colours with green, blue, purple and orange
colours on every page.
Crabs riding bikes, playing beach volleyball, and doing the limbo rock adds fun to the
pages. This picture book is visually interesting from cover to cover and has good,
clear artwork. The illustrations are bright, colourful and humorous. The first section
explains addition using the number of feet snails, humans, dogs, insects, spiders and
crabs have. It includes a basic science lesson - that not everything has 2 feet. The
second half of the book covers counting by 10’s, sets, and multiplication. The pages
are filled with examples suitable for older readers.
It’s a fun, interactive way of learning colours and reinforcing newly acquired addition
skills for younger readers or a different learning concept for sets and counting in
multiples for older readers. It would be great for home schooling, sharing with a
young reader or just browsing.
Reviewed by Johanne Weston, Public & Indigenous Library
Services
One is a snail ten is a crab is a picture book written
by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre and illustrated by
Randy Cecil.
Using feet as counters, it has basic addition, counting to 100, counting by sets of 2’s,
4’s and 10’s and multiplication. This educational picture book covers various age
groups. Younger children can learn colours with green, blue, purple and orange
colours on every page.
Crabs riding bikes, playing beach volleyball, and doing the limbo rock adds fun to the
pages. This picture book is visually interesting from cover to cover and has good,
clear artwork. The illustrations are bright, colourful and humorous. The first section
explains addition using the number of feet snails, humans, dogs, insects, spiders and
crabs have. It includes a basic science lesson - that not everything has 2 feet. The
second half of the book covers counting by 10’s, sets, and multiplication. The pages
are filled with examples suitable for older readers.
It’s a fun, interactive way of learning colours and reinforcing newly acquired addition
skills for younger readers or a different learning concept for sets and counting in
multiples for older readers. It would be great for home schooling, sharing with a
young reader or just browsing.
January 23, 2013
The book "One Is A Snail, Ten Is A Crab" is a simple, kid-friendly book to help students learn to count. The book uses a variety of animals' legs to help learn to count along with the legs of humans. This not only helps students to learn to count, but it allows for them to learn how many legs different animals have, while also learning how many legs we as humans have. The numbers illustrated in bold text on each page with the words following the number help student identify how many and what the text is referring to. The pictures themselves are big and bright. the arrows pointing to the legs of the human and the different animals help students visually see where the legs are located. It also helps students be able to count the legs provided on each page. The pictures begin very simple, but as the numbers increase, the more pictures tend to increase on the pages as well. For example, for number 6, there is simply one insect, and by the time one reaches number 60, there are ten insects to represent 60 legs. This book is a fun learning book for ages preschool through first grade as students are learning and practicing with numbers and counting.
February 20, 2016
A perfect cross curricular book with strong links to numeracy. This story is all about counting with feet! "One is a snail, two is a person, three is a snail and a person, four is a dog, five is a dog and a snail!" By using pictures as an effective tool for counting in arrays, children can see the link to counting in multiples of 10 and can even use the pictures to help them come up with their own sums. I like the way the story builds up slowly with illustrations. This allows children, especially those who are mathematically weak, use visuals to count and make connections with number sums. Because this book is not littered with numbers and calculations it proves more engaging to children.
This book would be ideal placed in an KS1 setting as children would enjoy independently reading the book to count the feet and even using it as inspiration to count the feet of other insects, animals and humans around them. Any book which makes maths more accessible to children and reluctant learners is a winner in my opinion.
This book would be ideal placed in an KS1 setting as children would enjoy independently reading the book to count the feet and even using it as inspiration to count the feet of other insects, animals and humans around them. Any book which makes maths more accessible to children and reluctant learners is a winner in my opinion.
January 8, 2019
A story which can accompany maths lessons on the four operations of arithmetic.
September 27, 2014
This counting picture book gave me insight on new ways to learn about counting and the relationship between numbers. This picture book uses feet as a method of counting. It is a funny story that shows children that learning about numbers is fun and quite simple. April Pulley Sayre relates each number to an animal of some sort, or a human. Once she gets to 20, she starts adding the animals together to simplify the base ten system. For example, she says "ten is a crab." Once the reader gets to 20, she says "20 is two crabs." Each illustration is enhanced to show the feet on the animals which makes the book interactive for children to count as they go through each page. I think this book is a great way to not only help children understand numbers but also to learn about the fun in reading. I would recommend a first grade teacher to read this aloud or a second grade student to read on his/her own.
April 12, 2018
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book, written by April Pulley Sayre, is basically a counting math book for younger children. The book starts off on the first page by saying that “1 is a snail” which a picture of a snail because a snail only has one “foot”. It continues on each page by adding something else that has one more leg, which encourages children to add up and count the feet of each animal on each page till it eventually gets to 100 on the last page.
I think that this book is a great one to have around in a classroom of younger children. They could choose to pick up this book to help themselves learn how to count up to big numbers, or it could also be incorporated into a lesson that is about addition or counting. The fact that the children are able to count the feet on animals, rather than just by numbers, makes this a much more fun activity for them and is more appealing than a textbook.
I think that this book is a great one to have around in a classroom of younger children. They could choose to pick up this book to help themselves learn how to count up to big numbers, or it could also be incorporated into a lesson that is about addition or counting. The fact that the children are able to count the feet on animals, rather than just by numbers, makes this a much more fun activity for them and is more appealing than a textbook.
February 6, 2014
This cute book is witty and full of information! However, I did give it 4 stars because of the level of math I think that it involves. I think, based on the pictures and the theme of counting with feet, the intended age or grade level is about k-3. But the concept of counting is kind of lost when it really becomes a book of multiplication. That is just my opinion of how I read it. It also seemed to go very fast pace for the "counting" part of it. I find it hard to believe that a young child who is learning to count will be able to keep up with this book. I did like the illustrations a lot though. They were fun and bright! The crabs were my personal favorite! All in all i think that April Sayre had good intentions for this book. However, it just didn't strike me as an effective counting picture book.
March 27, 2018
The book “One is a snail, ten is a crab: a counting by feet book” is a counting/addition book for young learners. This book starts off by saying that “1 is a snail” because a snail only has one “foot”. It continues on each page by adding something else that has one more leg, and so on. This book is very clever in the way it incorporates addition into it and can become a challenging math lesson for children while still being enjoyable. It includes bright, fun illustrations that create a visual representation of what the child will be adding together to make it more understandable and interactive. Overall, this would be a great addition to a classroom that will be learning about addition, for beginners. The book is full of color and great illustrations throughout the book, the readers are able to see what the text is referring to.
September 7, 2012
This counting picture book was written by April and Jeff Sayre and illustrated by Randy Cecil. The cartooned pages will excited kindergarten or first grade students when learning to count. Bright colors and smiling faces of all the creatures would keep children entertained and interested in the topic. It would help make them want to learn and gain the skill of counting. This book could be used by older students as well by having them create more complex ways of getting to the number the book is showing. I would like to use this book in math class and you could include an art activity to make the legs and the creatures. This book could lead into many fun activities and has a hidden way of helping young children learn to count and learn how to use different items to get the same number.
September 10, 2012
In One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab the author counts by feet. Snails have one foot, Humans have two, One snail and one dog has five feet. As the story goes on, it counts by 10 and tells how many of whatever animal would equal that number. The illustrations are great as well. The pictures are very literal, which helps a child to see how many that is and lets them count one by one. I love the fact that this book uses math to show the numbers, such as one snail and one dog equals five feet, a snail have one foot and a dog has four, 1+4=5. The book also gives two examples for the multiples of 10. "50 is five crabs... or ten dogs and a crab."Overall, this book was great for learning how to count for a younger child.
March 22, 2013
"One Is A Snail, Ten Is A Crab," is a cute book about counting! The book is about counting different feet, from snails and dogs to people and crabs. The book starts off with counting from 1 to 10, then continues with counting by 10s. At times, the books even compares numbers. For example, the number 40 is represented with four crabs, since they each have 10 legs. Another way 40 is represented is with ten dogs, since each dog has 4 legs. This book could be used for Kindergarteners or 1st graders to help with teaching counting and number recognition and understanding. I would use this book to help students get a visual understanding of how numbers can be created and represented.
April 8, 2016
This is a book that closely relates to maths and makes maths fun. The book is beautifully illustrated with bright bold images. The book uses feet to count, using different animals that the children can relate to.
I used this book in reception, when turning the page we used addition as a class 5+1=....6, 6 is a?..... giving the children the oppoutunity to identify what the animal is, I also asked if they could think of any other animals that have 6 feet? This is a perfect book to encourage the children to begin counting and goes on to could to 100. It also helps children with number recognition as they are clearly written on each page.
I used this book in reception, when turning the page we used addition as a class 5+1=....6, 6 is a?..... giving the children the oppoutunity to identify what the animal is, I also asked if they could think of any other animals that have 6 feet? This is a perfect book to encourage the children to begin counting and goes on to could to 100. It also helps children with number recognition as they are clearly written on each page.
February 24, 2018
Do you want to add some numeracy skills to your storytime? "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab" counts to a hundred using animal feet. When counting one to ten, Sayre uses the lowly snail to make up all her odd numbers, and once the children catch on to the pattern they will laugh and call out "And a snail!" From twenty to one hundred you are counting in crabs, people, dogs, insects and spiders which introduces counting by twos, fours, eights, and tens. Pair it with "Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws" by Ingo Arndt or "Who has these Feet?" by Laura Hulbert to talk about animal adaptations.
July 20, 2012
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab presents the concepts of counting, adding, and multiplying. I think this book will be useful in a lesson about either subject. I believe younger students could benefit from how the book uses the number of feet on animals to illustrate and introduce counting and cardinality, while older students will be able to apply adding and multiplying. I think this book will be very amusing for students. I love the way that it can extend acroos subjects and different age groups.
January 3, 2013
As a physicist, I'm always on the lookout for books that teach numeracy in a fun way. (And as a mom, for that matter). This one has been with us since my son was young, and he's loved it all the way through. The counting by feet is fun, and funny. And at each developmental stage he gets different bits. As you move up in the numbers, the feet are combined in two different ways to reach the same number - a nice segue to multiplication eventually. But even very early on, there is just talking about feet, and counting them individually. I highly recommend it.
March 21, 2012
This is a great book for skip counting and allowing children to see numbers in all different ways. It also allows for problem solving when presenting certain numbers to represent different animals according to the amount of feet on each animal. I would use this book to introduce skip counting and to allow each student to come up with their own animal and let their classmates try to guess their animal.
April 18, 2012
The book One Is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre is a great book used to teach young students how to count. The book uses different sea creature's feet to visually show students how to count. The book teaches students how to count by ones from 1 to 10 and also how to count by tens. The book also addresses the concepts of even and odd numbers. I would use this book with students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade.
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April 18, 2012Grade Level: Kindergarten
This is book that can be used to teach counting to Kindergarten. It teaches counting using feet. The students will learn that as the number of feet increase the number they write becomes bigger. it is great for making connections with things such as pets if students have any and just animals and insects students may be familiar with.Students can talk about the insects and their characteristics.
This is book that can be used to teach counting to Kindergarten. It teaches counting using feet. The students will learn that as the number of feet increase the number they write becomes bigger. it is great for making connections with things such as pets if students have any and just animals and insects students may be familiar with.Students can talk about the insects and their characteristics.
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November 27, 2015This book introduces counting and begins the process of understanding the multiples of 10. It uses examples like snails, people, dogs, insects, and crabs feet to understand the numbers of 1 through 10. It later uses the crab to understand 10 times a number or the other examples time 10 to achieve a certain total. This book uses vibrant images to connect with numbers to begin the process of skip counting.
March 7, 2018
This book counts feet on different living things to work on children's counting skills. Each page goes up in the value of feet between the living things.
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1.) This book can be used for younger kids to work on their counting skills.
2.) Students could use other body parts of animals to create their own counting book that goes up by 1's, 2's, 3's, 10's, etc.
3.) Students could use this book to open to different pages and add the amount of feet between two different pages.
3 book topic ideas
1.) This book can be used for younger kids to work on their counting skills.
2.) Students could use other body parts of animals to create their own counting book that goes up by 1's, 2's, 3's, 10's, etc.
3.) Students could use this book to open to different pages and add the amount of feet between two different pages.
April 1, 2008
This book was also part of the material for our aquarium unit. However, it's really not appropriate for pre-schoolers. They like looking at the pictures and counting with it on their own, but the counting concepts involved are too advanced for the average three- or four-year-old. When your kids are learning multiplication for the first time it might come in handy.
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