One, Two, Skip a Few!: First Number Rhymes

by Roberta Arenson

Frogs, flowers, chickens and elephants will be just some of your companions as you hone your counting skills with this sparkling collection of rhymes old and new. Specially compiled for adults and young children to enjoy together, One, Two, Skip a Few! features many favorite nursery rhymes, songs and playground chants. This collection brings together simple rhymes that will help small children practice counting forward and backward, and there are even some tricky ones that multiply!

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Counting, Poetry, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Annie Lott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Collection of Poetry
Awards: None.
Audience: Grades Pre-K - 1st.

A) The author uses multiple types of poetic forms in this book but the majority of them are tercets, quatrains, and cinquains.
B) The author uses lots of rhyme in no particular order. Most of the rhyming words are at the end of the sentences.
C) Create a four line poem that uses numbers and rhyme.
One said to two, I do love you.
Three said to four, come knock on my door.
Five said to six, we can collect sticks.
And seven said to eight, it will be great.

[Michelle Gatewood · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is all about counting numbers. It's a more advanced book for children with longer attention spans who can listen for a longer period of time. It's not excessively long, but longer than any other counting book I've read. I would say this would be perfect for kindergartners to read aloud or to sing aloud. Lots of the rhymes in this book are basically songs and can be sung easily. I enjoyed all the animals and different scenes that were incorporated. For example, there are frogs sitting on a log, laughing monkeys sitting in a tree, bees creeping out of a bee hive.

It would be a good book for an indoor recess to recite during hopscotch for a few rhymes. Since there is so much to remember, you could ask the kids what they remember most vividly after reading the book and why they liked it so much. This book reinforces counting forwards and backwards. It could be a great lead in to a simple math lesson.

[Shannon Janik · Rating 4 out of 5]

"One, Two, Skip a Few!: First Number Rhymes", is a cleverly written book with many little rhymes to help children learn to count. The pictures in this book are very well crafted and aid in keeping the reader motivated to keep on going through the book. This would be a great book to start using in a classroom with younger kids becuase it is a fun way to learn your numbers. Just sitting at a desk can become boring and kids can get very uninterested, so having this book would help any teacher to keep her students excited and singing and learning their numbers at the same time. This book can make learning fun!

[Jelisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the fact that this book includes the series of many short poems that all relate to math related topics. I would include this book in my class because it is an easy read and it also covers topics that go across the curriculum to other subjects.

I would use this book to teach:
-rote counting
-skip counting
-intro to poetry writing
-rhyming words

[Paige P · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book shows awesome diversity and unique illustrations. The rhyming is so much fun and something kids will enjoy. The rhymes include counting forwards and backwards. Maybe reading a couple of them at math time would captivate the kids to begin thinking in numbers and have them learn the rhymes would make it fun for all.

[Christina Camp · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to read with students. It is full of catchy rhymes that they can learn that will help them with counting and rememebering their numbers. This book also has beautiful illustrations that go perfect with each rhyme.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I choses to read this book because I thought it would be a great poetry book. I also like like that it teaches children how to count and it's a really tongue-twister which children always seem to like. I enjoyed reading this book I read it to my brother and he seemed to like it.

[Kit · Rating 2 out of 5]

T loves it. I don't like the illustrations. I think a lot of the rhymes introduce mathematical concepts way too advanced for the age range this book is geared.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book for k-2.
It features many number related nursery rhymes and riddles.
Teaches counting forwards, backwards and multipication

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent book for counting and showing rhyme scheme.

[Shelley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has lots of familiar number rhymes. Good for 2-6 years. My five year old got bored near the end.

[Ashley Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book introduces some first math rhymes that children could use.

setting- doesn't have one

grade- K/ 1st

use- I would use this in math to help students with different concepts