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Speech Language Pathologists' Favorite Books to Build Math Skills

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Math Through Reading: Books for Introducing Math

Calling all parents on the hunt for fresh reads for your little learner! Have you ever thought about how books and reading can help with math skills? Our kids will grow up to be our future problem-solvers, scientists, and tech whizzes! That’s why it’s important to incorporate math when sharing books. 

Literacy is a lot more than just reading and writing. Literacy skills include math and problem-solving. Don’t wait for your little one to be in school to build those literacy skills. With books and reading, you can introduce math at an early age and in a fun way. 

Literacy Skills for Children with Hearing Loss 

Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are developing age-appropriate literacy skills with Listening and Spoken Language (LSL). This is important because starting in third grade, children are no longer learning to read and transition to reading to learn! It’s important your child with hearing loss can read at grade level by third grade. You can help make that happen by making reading a part of your child’s everyday routine.

Favorites from the Professionals 

We polled hundreds of professionals — speech language pathologists and auditory verbal therapists — and asked for their favorite books to introduce different math concepts while reading aloud to little ones!  

Measurement 

  • Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
  • Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
  • Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E Wells
  • How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller
  • How Long? Wacky Ways to Compare Length by Jessica Gunderson 

Shapes

  • Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong and John Parra
  • This is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel
  • All Shapes Matter by Chakra Sreekanth and Sreekanth Kumar
  • Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
  • Baby’s Shapes by Karen Katz

Spatial Relations

  • Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
  • Napping Hous by Audrey Wood
  • Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
  • Where is Everyone? by Tom Schamp
  • Say Zoop! by Hervé Tullet

Counting

  • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael Sampson
  • A Remainder of One by Elinor J Pinczes
  • One of Each by Mary Ann Hoberman

Time Concepts

  • Baby’s Day by Chosen Spot Publishing
  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  • Napping House by Audrey Wood
  • Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Download your copy of the book list for more great book suggestions and start practicing math skills with your child now!

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