The Cheerios Counting Book

We received this book as a gift from a librarian friend. We're now on our second copy since our first one was loved to death. It's a very clever book, the colorful pages engaged our baby long before he had a clue about numbers. The rhythm of the book is pretty good. Once our son was old enough to recognize the numbers he loved it even more. At 3.5 years our son is still in love with this book. The book teaches counting by ones to ten, then counting by groups of ten to one hundred. Our son is able to count by 2's and 5's as a result of this book! It sparked his interest in numbers and made it easy for me to break out our box of Cheerios and continue to teach him other counting methods. I think this book is an excellent tool in teaching your child about counting. I really object to other reviewers acting as if someone forced them to buy this book! If you object your child having a book with actual products in it, then don't buy this book. But it's Cheerios for pete's sake! And the title of the book is a dead give away people. This book has sparked some interesting discussions about numbers and I think that's what it's all about. I bought copies for kids we know, along with (gasp) a box or two of Cheerios, so parents can have the fun we've had. We love this book!

I bought this book because my daughter (18 months)loves Cheerios. This is a great book for number recognition and practicing counting. The numbers 1 through ten are on each page with pieces/slices of fruit and cheerios to count. For example for number 3, a large number three is at the center of the page with 3 pieces of cheerios at the bottom with 3 strawberries at the top. The numbers 11 through 20 are respresented in one page with only the numbers showing. If you are looking for a book to teach numbers 1 through 20, this is a great book!

This is very cute. I think it is a great way to introduce children to counting by ones and counting by tens through manipulatives. And this comes from someone who doesn't like to buy into free advertising (in other words to have cheerio shoved down my child's eyes when I buy the book). But this is a great book. Two thoughts- we have another cheerio book that has the place to put the cheerios as a little hole and my son likes that better. And, although the cover of this book lays flat, the pages do not. I had to put a little crease in the pages back by the spine so they would lay flat. This way my son's cheerios (or fakios) won't slip off the page. Cute book though. Enjoy.

My son loves food and this book is his first book that he will listen to and look at the pictures. He LOVES it!