One Button for Each Hole
The idea: one button for each hole; count, then one more.
Read it
Five nights, one book
Little children love the same story again. Read this one five nights running, with a different job each night.
- listen.
- say the last words.
- make the guess.
- do the 'now you' in the room.
- tell it to a toy.
Who is in this book
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Bà Tư The grandmother who keeps the basket and does the sewing from VầnTots -
Tí a child of the Green Notices small things; says "again" -
Pairo Give every one its own partner, never one left on its own from PairTots -
Clutch Touch each thing once; the last number you say is how many from TallyTots -
Wriggle One more makes the next number from TallyTots
Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.
The Honest Page
Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?
True
- Matching one thing to one thing is how children learn that two groups are the same size. Source
- When you touch each thing once, the last number you say tells how many there are.
- Three and one more make four.
Stretched
- Real coats often have spare buttons sewn inside. What we simplified: In the story the spare is in the basket, so the friends can find it.
Made up
- Pairo, Clutch and Wriggle are made up. Buttons and baskets do not talk.
Tell it back
Tell the story to a toy, or to a grown-up. When you have, the grown-up taps the button, and a keepsake from One Button for Each Hole goes on your belt.
On your belt: a keepsake from One Button for Each Hole.
Your belt lives on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere.
Ring the hammer for someone
Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.