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One is a Snail
Ten is a Crab
by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre

Count feet and combinations of feet at the beach. Then explore how the multiples of ten can be made with different combinations of feet. 

Mathematical topics to explore with this book: counting, skip counting, addition, problem solving, multiplication, combinations, composing numbers

Resources for One is a Snail Ten is a Crab:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (español)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (español)

Online External Resources

Activities for One is a Snail Ten is a Crab:
Foot Match (English)
Creature Cards
Number, Word, and Dot Cards
Twenty is…. (English)
Veinte es…(Spanish)
Creature Feet Cards

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