Banana for Two (Vietnamese/English) (English and Vietnamese Edition)

Banana for Two (Vietnamese/English) (English and Vietnamese Edition)

As a mother and child shop for groceries, there is a lot to do as the shopping cart goes up and down the aisles! Toddlers learn new concepts every day, and parents are their best (and favorite) teachers. In Banana for Two, a mother and child talk about the foods they are buying, and the child counts the items. As the toddler talks, his mother expands upon the child’s words encouraging language development. When counting the grocery items, the toddler is mastering “enumeration,” the ability to count items one-to-one with a specific number. Read along with your baby and turn a common experience into a delightful learning adventure. Mama and her toddler turn an outing to the grocery store into a fun opportunity to talk, and learn a little math along the way. Mama fills their cart with items in quantities of one and two, and lets her baby hold each item, connecting each action to the number of hands baby has. In this way baby begins to understand simple math. Back home Mama shares one banana between the two of them and baby proudly recognizes two pieces, thus showing an understanding of the concept of two.This joyful story shows adults how to talk and introduce children to the concept of numbers and how math is part of daily life. Ellen Mayer is an award-winning children’s author who has worked as an education researcher and early literacy home visitor. Her Small Talk Books® series with Star Bright Books focuses on two aspects of early childhood education with engaging stories: early language development and early math development. Her most recent publication, Yellow, Red, Green—GO! is her tenth book with Star Bright Books. She lives with her husband and very large cat in Cambridge, Massachusetts.