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How Many Feet in the Bed?
Here is a fresh new counting book, filled with the happy helter-skelter of family life.
"How many feet are in the bed?" Two -- until more members of the family jump into the bed.
1 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1991
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August 12, 2022
Read for my toddler's bedtime. Fun counting story with family. Number of feet on the bed with dad mom brother sister and baby.
My toddler found this book at the library.
My toddler found this book at the library.
July 29, 2024
3.5 stars. Cute in a quaint 80s/90s kind of way.
February 6, 2019
summary:
This book is about a little girl, who each morning when she wakes up goes to her parents bed and asks "how many feet are in the bed?" Throughout the book each family member joins on the bed, and the little girl, who is the narrator counts how many feet each time. Then one by one the family members leave the bed for a different reason, and she counts how many are left after one person leaves. The bed eventually just has her. They author then ends it in a cute way.
Personal opinon:
I enjoyed this book. It was a cute little story of a family who loved being together. The book shows the love of a family. It was a short book, and most of it was counting and numbers but it was meaningful. The illustrations were also really well drawn.
Classroom use:
I would definitely use this in a classroom. I think that there are many benefits to having books like this. It does only reach out to younger audiences. I don't think that second and third graders would enjoy this as much as kindergarteners. The book is interactive and I think the students could follow along and enjoy it.
This book is about a little girl, who each morning when she wakes up goes to her parents bed and asks "how many feet are in the bed?" Throughout the book each family member joins on the bed, and the little girl, who is the narrator counts how many feet each time. Then one by one the family members leave the bed for a different reason, and she counts how many are left after one person leaves. The bed eventually just has her. They author then ends it in a cute way.
Personal opinon:
I enjoyed this book. It was a cute little story of a family who loved being together. The book shows the love of a family. It was a short book, and most of it was counting and numbers but it was meaningful. The illustrations were also really well drawn.
Classroom use:
I would definitely use this in a classroom. I think that there are many benefits to having books like this. It does only reach out to younger audiences. I don't think that second and third graders would enjoy this as much as kindergarteners. The book is interactive and I think the students could follow along and enjoy it.
September 26, 2019
This is a cute book that talks about people in the bed and how many feet are in the bed as a result. This can be used to introduce counting by twos up to ten and back down to zero. The illustrations are good and tie well with the words.
February 2, 2019
This book is super cute! it would go great in a classroom lesson plan for working on counting! you could also even print out feet and have the children reenact the story.
November 14, 2020
Amazing book to help introduce children to count in 2s
March 22, 2023
This was a sweet little book. It can be used to learn how to count.
April 22, 2012
This book shows a family on an early morning. It counts the amount of feet as the family members come join the rest of the family in the parent's bed. Eventually the family members leave the bed, and it then counts how many feet are left in the bed then.
This book deals with math because it continuously adds feet. It gets students thinking about pairs, since feet come in pairs. The feet are added until the family members start leaving the bed for various reasons, then the feet begin subtracting. The students could do a lesson with this book about pairs of feet. The students could even guess before the book begins how many feet they think will be in the bed. They could draw a picture of their prediction. This will get them to perhaps begin counting in pairs, since they will have to think about how many pairs of feet will be in the bed.
I would use this book with younger grades such as Pre-K, Kindergarten, and perhaps 1st.
This book deals with math because it continuously adds feet. It gets students thinking about pairs, since feet come in pairs. The feet are added until the family members start leaving the bed for various reasons, then the feet begin subtracting. The students could do a lesson with this book about pairs of feet. The students could even guess before the book begins how many feet they think will be in the bed. They could draw a picture of their prediction. This will get them to perhaps begin counting in pairs, since they will have to think about how many pairs of feet will be in the bed.
I would use this book with younger grades such as Pre-K, Kindergarten, and perhaps 1st.
September 6, 2008
This is a really cute book for very young readers. It would be a fun book to read with an adult. This can be an interactive book, and can work on simple addition and subtraction at the same time.
A little girl goes to wake up her father, and gets in the bed. They now have four feet in the bed. Then, younger siblings and eventually Mom start joining them in bed. Then they count; two, four, six, eight, ten feet in the bed. Each page adds feet, until one gets hungry, the phone rings, and so on, until there are only two feet left in the bed. Ten, eight, six, four, only two feet are left in the bed.
A little girl goes to wake up her father, and gets in the bed. They now have four feet in the bed. Then, younger siblings and eventually Mom start joining them in bed. Then they count; two, four, six, eight, ten feet in the bed. Each page adds feet, until one gets hungry, the phone rings, and so on, until there are only two feet left in the bed. Ten, eight, six, four, only two feet are left in the bed.
April 18, 2011
This is a book I really enjoy because it is great for incorporating in a math lesson. As the bed has more people sitting in it, students can record the data into a T-chart. Students will notice that as the amount of people in the bed decrease, the number of feet in the bed decreases by a specific amount. Students can expand and thing of a multiplication formula for the amount of feet in the bed.
November 25, 2013
How Many Feet in the Bed is a great book for multiplication, repeated addition, and subtracting. This book is about a cute little family all snuggled in bed and counting their feet. Soon, one by one the family members start leaving the bed and the feet are subtracted. This book has great illustrations that students can use to help them with multiplication, subtraction, etc.
April 15, 2012
This book makes me smile. I love the pictures and the fun family interaction. This book can be used for counting, simple addition, subtraction, even skip counting by five. Words are simple and great for independent readers. great for K - 2nd grade.
April 16, 2012
Excellent book to teach children simple multiplication. First there were two feet. When another person is added to the bed two more feet are added. Children will recognize the pattern of adding two each time or multiplying by two.
April 20, 2012
This book is about developing an understanding of how to count by twos. A lesson on graphing could also follow the reading of this book. The students could make a tee chart comparing the number of people in the bed to the amount of feet in the bed.
Recommended grade level: P-2
Recommended grade level: P-2
April 22, 2012
This is a great book to start counting by twos, because the pattern in the book was increasing by twos all the way to ten. The it counted down 2 all the way to 0. The children can easily pick out the pattern. I can use this in Kindergarten or first grade, and perhaps play a game of sparkle.
February 3, 2009
Ok, I'm not gonna lie... I was grossed out by all the feet. But this is a really cute story otherwise! What a sweet, happy family!
June 5, 2009
A charming, adorable, cute story!
September 12, 2010
With its beautiful illustrations, this book is fun to read repeatedly for its fun lessons about numbers and pairs.
September 19, 2011
simple story, simple idea. Wish there would have been rhyming like so many counting books. It is more entertaining for the kids.
November 1, 2011
This is a fun way to introduce counting and multiplication. The illustrations are delightful. Highly recommended.
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