"How many books should we read?"
Ask the child to bring you a specific number of books to read.
Count things on the pages.
Keep track of the page numbers. 
"What page number are we on?"

Count letters in names! This is great to help teach them to spell their own name. 
"How many letters did you write?"
"Did you leave a letter out?"

Going to the local library is great fun! Tell them how many books they get to pick and have them count as they make their selections. Tell the check out person that you are learning to count and have her count them as she scans them.

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