Counting Mini Book

This is similar to other counting books we've made. You probably have most or all of the supplies on hand. You will need:

*Cardstock paper or 5X7 cards
*Markers
*Construction Paper
*Any kind of paper punch out (what are those called?) We used a heart.
*Hole punch
*Anything to bind the pages together (string, zip ties, metal rings, etc.)

First, punch out the shapes, using a different color for numbers 1-10. Then make a page that matches each set (write "1 red heart, 2 green hearts", etc.) Rowin liked helping me punch out the hearts. While I made the pages, I had him decorate the front cover.

 Next, we mixed up all of the hearts and I showed him one page at a time. We "read" each page together. Obviously my two year old can't read, but it's not too early to start working on number and color recognition, pointing to one word at a time as we read. After we read the page, he found the matching hearts and glued them on.

Here are a few pages from our book. When he was done, I hole punched the pages and bound them together with mini-colored zip ties, but you could use whatever you have. 

Hang onto it to practice counting, number recognition, and color words!