Counting Backwards Rhyming Fun Twenty-five to None (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781956624021)

Counting Backwards Rhyming Fun: Twenty-five to None (25 to 0) is an enjoyable way for children to learn math by counting backwards. Early learners begin to count backwards from ten to zero (10 to 0) with famous rhymes their parents have taught them. This book takes children's counting to the next level with new rhymes and illustrations that help them remember the number sequence. Just as children develop experiences while playing games, children can apply the math concept of counting backwards (subtraction) at home, school, or by observing things in the community such as when a car stops at the stoplight. The stoplight pedestrian signal counts backwards, while the vehicle is waiting for the light to change, and people have a turn to walk across the street safely.

This rhyming book was also designed as a math tool so that parents and educators can read and discuss math concepts with their early learners. Parents can discuss what to do when they see two-digit numbers together; they are not called 2 (two) and 5 (five), but combined, they make the number 25 (twenty-five). Each page has two-digit numbers that rhyme and will decrease as the numbers get closer to zero. There is also a number line the children can touch and follow.

When zero is read, there's nothing left to count, yet the number means that it is all gone. An activity is included at the end of the story so that the learner can complete the book with their idea of who their hero is as they rhyme with their hero to zero.