Learning Concepts for Young Children

This month during story time, we have been reviewing various learning concepts (alphabet, counting, colors, opposites, etc.) in preparation for the start of school.  So this week, I am sharing some great picture books that teach various learning concepts.  Here are a few of my favorites . . . .

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone
With a big friendly bear as a guide, you can find shapes hidden on each page.

Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
A counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he turned into a fish himself.

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodds
A colorful story of a sloppy dog with one black spot on his ear at the beginning of the day, and 10 spots of various colors by the end of the day.

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth
Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be.

Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming
Mouse invites the reader to shout out what he or she knows as they review numbers, letters, and easy words.


More Learning Concept Books --
1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman
10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
ABC Dreams by Kim Krans
Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson
Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
Can You Count to Ten? Count to 10 in 10 Different Languages by Lezlie Evans
Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham
Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt
Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Goodnight, Numbers! by Danica McKellar
The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
I Like Black and White by Barbara Jean Hicks
Jeepers Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Magic Opposites by Patrick George
Monkey Colors by Darrin Lunde
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose by Leo & Diane Dillon
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne
Pignic: An Alphabet Book in Rhyme by Anne Miranda
Pirate Nap: A Book of Colors by Danna Smith
Pomolo's Opposites by Ramona Badescu
Red Sings From the Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman
A Second Is a Hiccup: A Child's Book of Time by Hazel Hutchins
Shapes That Roll by Karen Nagel
Soup for One by Ethan Long
Sun Above, Blooms Below: A Springtime of Opposites by Relicia Chernesky
Telling Time by Jules Older
Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold

Check these and more learning concept books out on display at the Arnold Branch through September 10, 2018.