Customer Reviews

I Spy Little Numbers

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I have two boys, 15 months old and 3 1/2 years old, and both love this book. My 15-month old not only begs me to read it to him, but is starting to learn to identify numbers (and many other objects) from it. My 3 1/2-year-old likes it on a different level, to "spy" the objects. Highly recommended.

Learning numbers becomes a fun activity with this book. Every page has many colorful items to search for which will capture the interest of a child for a long time. My two year old daughter greatly enjoys reading this book over and over again. The book is also popular with older children due to its fascinating pictures.

"I SPY" inspires fun for all ages; this time around it will be the perfect gift for a little boy who has a new brother. He can "read" all kinds of stories about the brightly colored objects, and memorize the rhymes as well as help the baby learn numbers. Sharing is important for a boy with a dad in Iraq and a new baby demanding attention.

The "I SPY" books remind many mothers of the Girl Scouts' "Kim's Game" and the tradition of FUN & IMAGINATION lives on. The more fully & enthusiastically parents participate in their children's learning, the greater the benefits to the entire family. These books offer chances for all senses to be used. And the unexpected, unscripted sharings from children open the curtains for moms & dads on new perceptions of abilities & personalities.

What a pay-off! We can't afford for learning to wait for kindergarten years. Encourage kids to share their books whenever & however they can.

My two boys, ages 3 and 2, both pull this book off the shelf over and over. I use it to teach the younger one new vocabulary (both in English and Spanish) and the older one to continue to practice his numbers (also in both languages), as well as colors. It's a great addition to the workbook Flip Flop Spanish, and also just for fun.., my littlest, a one-year-old girl, even looks at the pages and will sit with the boys to watch them. They're sturdy pages, full of all KINDS of things. The kind of book you find something new each time you open it. It has little lists to find items as well.

I really like the way this book has text with pictures on one side, and then the I Spy pictures on the other side. It helps kids with the pre-reading skill of matching words with pictures. My son loves the rhymes and the pictures.

My 2 year old has used several of the other I Spy board books and has found them entertaining. This version, while fun, is much simpler than the others we have read (Little Wheels, Little Animals). We're actually moving onto some of the non-board books for more searching fun.

The pictures in this book are less "crowded" so it's not as easy to pick out additional items for the child to find. I believe that Little Wheels remains our all-time favorite -- we're still finding new items each time we read it (such as the footprint in the sand).

It's an okay book, but not as challenging as some of the others.

I was used to the big books that older kids look at which are more like "where's Waldo" with very busy pictures and more challenging. But these books are great for preschoolers. They have the same kind of things in the pictures but with space between, not so busy, not so challenging, but like I said, great for a preschooler to hunt for objects and probably just enough challenge for them. Also, there are other options for using numbers like dots on dice or counting objects.

My 2yr. old (almost 3) really liked this book at first and he still likes it but I think its a little too easy for him to find the pictures now. He still enjoys reading it but I come up with my own questions of what to find in the pictures. i think it would be great for 18months to 2yrs. old.

My three year old loves them, has since he was 2. They never get old.

I got this for my 4 year old niece. It's ok. I expected more of a search and find book which is NOT what this is at all. It's more of a rhyming book, but she'll like it all the same.