Shape Capers

This book is an exploration of shapes, specifically circle, square, triangle, semicircle, and rectangle. In order for the child to genuinely connect with this book, I would strongly recommend that they have several copies of each of these shapes to play with. When the children in the text explore circles, the child can explore them as well. He or she can imitate the structures being built in the narration. After each shape is individually explored, all of them are put together to make a scooter, race car, rocket ship, dragon, and boat. It would be well advised to have enough shapes for the child to imitate these more complex structures.

One of the things I really liked about this book was that the children were of mixed races. The shapes show more were brightly colored and the children manipulating them wore patterned (with the shapes explored in the book ) black and white clothing. However the patterns were so vivid and intriguing that I found my eyes drawn much more to the children than the shapes. It was as though they were both fighting for my attention.

This would be an excellent book for a teacher or parent to use when helping a child to recognize and explore basic geometric shapes. In the second last page, children are told to look for shapes in a double-page spread featuring children at a party. An adult could extend this into the actual room in which the child is reading. The last page is an encouragement for the child to use scrap papers and create figures made from the shapes they have learned.

This book would be a valuable addition to a primary classroom. show less

A group of kids display various shapes and how they can become other things. This can definitely be used for story time if I have the kids identify the shapes. When we get to pages where shapes make objects we can ask them what they see. The art style is very geometric which works and also very bright and colorful.

A group of kids display various shapes and how they can become other things. This can definitely be used for story time if I have the kids identify the shapes. When we get to pages where shapes make objects we can ask them what they see. The art style is very geometric which works and also very bright and colorful.

A group of kids display various shapes and how they can become other things. This can definitely be used for story time if I have the kids identify the shapes. When we get to pages where shapes make objects we can ask them what they see. The art style is very geometric which works and also very bright and colorful.

A group of kids display various shapes and how they can become other things. This can definitely be used for story time if I have the kids identify the shapes. When we get to pages where shapes make objects we can ask them what they see. The art style is very geometric which works and also very bright and colorful.

Subject Area: Math
Genre: Informational/Poetry
Because the author provides factual material about shapes and the emphasis is on those facts being presented, this book is in the informational genre. However, the author also uses rhyme to tell the facts about shapes, thus making this book in the poetry genre, as well.
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Age: primary

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