![]() Sure, it has an ingenious premise for a concept counting book photos of salad ingredients are digitally incorporated with illustrated elements to form whimsical animals! Five Tomato Turtles? Hilarious! Six Cucumber Alligators? Brilliant!. When I first flipped through 1 Big Salad, I was skeptical. Students can hear what it’s like as well and have fun with it that way. If I were to use instruments, I could play the sounds of the instruments so the This way the children can practice counting on their own, and use The children can take one, two, three, etc. I could give children themed supplies (instead of food, I could give them mini cut outs of.You can’t predict what’sĬoming next because the author was so creative in combining animals and food, which makes theĬonsideration of Instructional Application The font is fun and large, but simple and not distracting,Īnd the bright colors are captivating and make the book enjoyable and fun. To focus on the elaborate illustrations, which are made up of a type of food, and some drawingĪround it to make it look like an animal. đ Big Salad has illustrations drawn on a white background.Lives and how they might be creative with their thinking – after all, I definitely didn’t think anĪvocado could have anything to do with a deer before this book! Not only does this book help children think about numbers, but it also gets them to think about their Reading this book can easily become engaged with the illustrations, and have fun with the numbers. ![]() ěoth of the reviews discuss and highlight the innovative use of food and counting.From layout to text to artwork, this counting book takes “playing with your food” to a new The ink strokes are playful and active, making the various ingredient-characters come to Numeral, its printed name, and a very funny invention, from one Avocado Deer to 10 Clementine Each expansive, white double-page spread presents a large, bright “Photographs of salad ingredients, embellished with details done in black ink, create whimsicalĪrrays from one through 10.To explore the fruits and veggies in their own kitchens.” Great for a storytime or one-on-one sharing, this vivacious book will inspire youngsters Numbers are printed as numerals and written out (1Īnd one). Printed in a large font that pops off the page. Playful lemon pigs, a porcupine-ish dish of olive oil, and a flying saltshaker bird… Minimal text is A recipe for a healthy and simple dressing is included on the last page, along with some “Starting with one avocado deer and working up to 10 clementine kittens, the anthropomorphicįruits and veggies in this counting concept book come together to create one big and appealing.Ěmy Seto Forrester (School Library Journal). ![]() Opening line/sentence: 1 one avocado deer, 2 two radish mice, 3 three pepper monkeys, 4 four carrotīrief Book Summary: This book is a counting book using a combination of food and drawing to formĪn animal, each time growing in number for the child to count. Theme(s): Counting, Food, Animals, Picture Book ![]()
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