Each child points to a color on the stuffed Elmer and identifies the color. You can also laminate 5x7 construction paper cards of each color. Nice clear photos highlight this picture book. Can be used to act out actions words. Beautiful full page fantasy pictures with clear capital letters.
Children can find an abundance of other words on each page that start with the indicated letters.
Develops knowledge of uncommon nouns. Each day we counted our collection. The children spin to choose an animal, then count and find the correct numeral to represent the number of animals. This book lends itself to many counting activities. One of our favorites was using sponge numbers and elephants to stamp the right number of elephants on a sheet of paper.