The Shape Of Things Book Activities

Trace match color and paint.

The shape of things book activities. The square on the text page becomes a house on the facing page and in the same way a circle becomes a ferris wheel two triangles a boat a group of rectangles a train an oval an egg and a diamond a kite. The shape of things by dayle ann dodds presents two dimensional shapes with bright illustrations and repeated rhyming phrases. Arrow circle cross crescent hexagon heart oval octagon pentagon rectangle rhombus semicircle square star trapezoid triangle. The repetitive pattern of this book allows preschoolers to become active participants in the reading.

You can listen to a reading in youtube. The shape of things author dayle ann doods illustrated by julie lacome level. The back cover has an excerpt of the first page. The shape of things by dayle ann dodds the colorful illustrations in this book help children to learn about all of the different shapes that are a part of their world.

Ideas for activities exploring shapes of things inspired by the book the shape of me and other stuff by dr. Simple rhymes help reinforce the concept of different shapes. Assign each team member a basic shape like circle square triangle rectangle oval and so on. This product focuses on tracing drawing and cutting 2 dimensional shapes.

Invite your child to organize the shapes into recognizable images like a house person or animal. Glue shapes to magnet paper then cut out to create a magnetic shape. The sprightely rhymes in this clever colorful picture book reveal how simple shapes come together to form houses boats and other common objects. Cut out a variety of colorful paper shapes in different sizes.

Group students together to form small teams for each book. After doing the same for other shapes leyani introduced three different activities set up at three different locations in the room. Shapes are identified then turned into art as details are added in an inspiring creative way. After reading this story tell the students that they will work in small groups to create their very own shape of things book.

Preschool and kindergarten find your library in worldcat read aloud youtube i felt inspired to make this simple easy shapes house or home craft by this book.