Counting books are the perfect way to introduce early math concepts while engaging children's imaginations and expanding vocabulary skills. Below are 10 of our favorites that capture the attention of young children while helping them to incidentally develop skills in counting forwards and backwards....

When a child can remember and recite numbers in the correct order they are rote counting. This can be as simple as counting "1, 2, 3, ..." or sequences such as counting on the decade from 10 to 100. When rote counting, children aren't "counting" objects, they are simply saying the number names in th...