Reading: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

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When reading “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” is a great way to bring abacus into the mix.

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The first few pages have pictures of buttons. So I started counting the groups of colored buttons. The story takes a positive spin when Pete the Cat loses a button, he doesn’t dry when he loses a button.

On the abacus, we start with four beads, and then as a button pops off, I take away 1 bead on the abacus.

I also incorporate using fingers. This helps because we can display the numbers in different ways.

Here are some abacus activities: Click on the pictures to find the activities

When reading, count the buttons and ask what colors are still on the shirt. He sings a song for his groove buttons

There is also a sing along:

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For more Pete the Cat books, click here for the author’s website.