A gorgeous lift-the-flap counting book that pairs parent animals with their babies, from the bestselling author of Room on the Broom. From a bat and its pup, to a frog and its twelve tadpoles, young readers will delight in counting each creature's babies and learning unusual scientific names for young animals. With rhyming text, lift-the-flaps and peekaboo holes, and a surprise search-and-find element, this is a read-aloud delight and preschool must-have. * "Engaging, rewarding, and utterly delightful."—Kirkus, starred review Indie Next List pick CCBC Choices selection

Presents young readers with a foundation for learning basic counting skills while discovering some magnificent ocean animals. Fact boxes in the back of the book include information about the animals' homes, sizes, diets, predators, and babies --

Text and illustrations use different sea animals to teach counting by even numbers.

Can you count up the stripy fish? Are there more sharks or dolphins? You'll soon discover in this fun game, Count the Sea Creatures! There are several types of puzzles in the book; some focus on counting a particular creature, some on a common attribute (i.e. all the fish with spots), while a number of puzzles ask you to count two sets of sea creatures to see which outnumbers the other. A perfect book for little learners. They'll develop observational skills, apply numbers to objects and they'll be having so much fun they won't even know they're learning!

Featuring 12 beautiful artworks by acclaimed artist Gabriel Maralngurra, this book serves as a small window into the ecology of West Arnhem Land and the holistic nature of Kunwinjku Aboriginal culture.

An hugely-interactive animal ABC guessing game with peep-through pages and amazing fold-out flaps, by the bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and visionary illustrator Sharon King-Chai. Animalphabet makes the gift with eye-catching artwork and an exotic array of animals to marvel over. Can you guess who has more legs than a butterfly? And who is wrinklier than a hedgehog? Each page draws you further into a beautifully vibrant world of huge elephants, slithery snakes and growling tigers, inviting you to compare one animal to another and learn comparison words and adjectives from the natural world. Sharon King-Chai's brightly colourful art and the cleverly designed shaped pages make Animalphabet a rich delight, while Julia Donaldson's rhythmic words are a pleasure to read aloud. Shortlisted for the D&AD Awards 2019 and the winner of the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award.

For all trainee and practising early years teachers and classroom assistants, this is an accessible guide to a wide range of research evidence about the teaching and learning of early number.

Get every child ready to read and on the road to becoming a lifelong reader! Reading for Every Child: Phonemic Awareness provides kindergarten through first-grade teachers with instructions and stimulating activities that are founded on the latest research. This book includes teacher tips to help students auditorily recognize and identify phonemes, picture and letter cards, and a pronunciation chart. This 80-page book supports Reading First and aligns with Common Core State Standards.

Artificial Intelligence continues to be one of the most exciting and fast-developing fields of computer science. This book presents the 177 long papers and 123 short papers accepted for ECAI 2016, the latest edition of the biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Europe’s premier venue for presenting scientific results in AI. The conference was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from August 29 to September 2, 2016. ECAI 2016 also incorporated the conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS) 2016, and the Starting AI Researcher Symposium (STAIRS). The papers from PAIS are included in this volume; the papers from STAIRS are published in a separate volume in the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA) series. Organized by the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and the Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI), the ECAI conference provides an opportunity for researchers to present and hear about the very best research in contemporary AI. This proceedings will be of interest to all those seeking an overview of the very latest innovations and developments in this field.

Brief Contents Chapter 1 Teaching Mathematics: Influences and DirectivesChapter 2 Learning and Teaching MathematicsChapter 3 Developing Mathematical Thinking and Problem-Solving AbilityChapter 4 Assessing Mathematics UnderstandingChapter 5 Developing Number ConceptsChapter 6 Developing Understanding of NumerationChapter 7.