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A Caribbean Counting Book
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- GenresPicture Books
24 pages, Paperback
First published March 3, 1996
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September 6, 2012
"A Caribbean Counting Book" stood out to me as I was browsing the library shelves because it is very unique in that every page has a rhyme with numbers that reflects part of the Caribbean culture. The verses are written using dialects from different Caribbean islands rather than what we might consider "proper English." For example the word "child" is written as "chile" and the word "that" is written as "dat." The author states in the introduction "I collected these rhymes by visiting the Caribbean islands and speaking to old people and to children at home and in school playgrounds"(Charles, 1). Under each poem, the author notes which region or island he acquired it from. The illustrations look quite abstract and colorful and also seem to reflect the type of art that is prevalent in the Caribbean. I found most of the poems to be quite humorous and the fact that they rhymed also made in enjoyable.I would definitely reccommend this book to children as it not only reviews numbers, but it opens up a different cultural perspective.
August 20, 2008
Genre: Number Book
Grades: K-1
“Caribben Counting Book”, is a compilation of counting rhymes from rural villages in the Caribbean. Each page of the book is a different sing songie rhyme from countries including Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Virgin Islands. The numbers covered in this colorful book range from one to ten. I think that this book brings real cultural diversity to counting, but I would be selective in which counting rhymes I used in my classroom due to grammar, spelling and pronunciation difference between the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Activities:
1. I would assign student’s a rhyme and have them create a cultural collage about the rhymes country of origin. After presentation of the collage I would display each collage in the classroom.
2. In pairs, I would have student’s create movements to a selected number rhyme. The student’s would then present their rhyme and movements to the class.
Grades: K-1
“Caribben Counting Book”, is a compilation of counting rhymes from rural villages in the Caribbean. Each page of the book is a different sing songie rhyme from countries including Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Virgin Islands. The numbers covered in this colorful book range from one to ten. I think that this book brings real cultural diversity to counting, but I would be selective in which counting rhymes I used in my classroom due to grammar, spelling and pronunciation difference between the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Activities:
1. I would assign student’s a rhyme and have them create a cultural collage about the rhymes country of origin. After presentation of the collage I would display each collage in the classroom.
2. In pairs, I would have student’s create movements to a selected number rhyme. The student’s would then present their rhyme and movements to the class.
February 7, 2015
I thought this book was a very entertaining book and a good way to introduce children to a different culture. The book featured counting through rhyming words and also presented it in with words that had accents on them. I really enjoyed reading it and think it would be a good book to use with older children in grade school as it has a lot of words on each page.
April 16, 2012
I thought this counting book was interesting in that it showed different songs and rhymes from different Carribean cultures. The words were fun to say. It's a great way to make counting fun.
July 11, 2014
Love how the book rhymed. Great book to use when counting and also diverse!!!
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