Shapes at Home

by Oona Gaarder-Juntti

Overview

Shapes are everywhere! Shapes at Home helps introduce young readers to various shapes found in daily life, from a square tile to a cylinder dog bowl. Simple sentences along with large eye-catching photographs help illustrate the 2-dimensional and 3-dimens

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624012570
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Shapes Everywhere Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	500L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
PreS-K—These basic books do not teach shapes. Rather, they reinforce previous knowledge. Each title begins with the same explanation of 2-D and 3-D. After the introduction, eight different shapes, one per spread, are covered. The layout consists of a short paragraph and a picture of an everyday item with the targeted shape outlined with a white dotted line. The texts do not describe the shape but rather attempt to put it into a context. For example, Home explains that "The dog dish is a cylinder. Levi gives his dog cold water after their walk. They walk around the lake every day." The large photo is of a dog drinking from a water dish. The volumes end with a page of shapes. Although attractive and their tie-ins to the real world useful, these books contain minimal information.

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