As a child, I learned to love numbers via counting rhymes (of which many are found at this Lit2Go website); -- often I reinforced my number-memory by reciting rhyming verses such as "One, two, buckle my shoe" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and enjoying the trick in "Going to St. Ives." University of Arkansas mathematician Edmund Harriss (whom I met a bunch of years ago at a conference in Banff) and co-authors Houston Hughes (poet) and Brian Rea (visual artist) have a book -- HELLO NUMBERS! (published in 2020 by The Experiment). This book, like those old rhymes, gives young readers the opportunity for fun with numbers as they learn.
Here's a sample:
Learning meets wonder
when you invite numbers to come play in your imagination!
First think of One peeking out from the night
Like a point, or a dot, or a shimmering light.
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