Books about shapes for kindergarten plus#
Books about shapes for kindergarten series#

Shape by Shape If you are familiar with the popular Go Away Big Green Monster, you will recognize the concept behind this book. Children explore their world, discovering the shape of objects, both universal, like bird nests, and from Latino culture, like tortillas.

Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes Folk art-inspired illustrations, addition of Spanish words and a playful, rhyming text elevate this tried-and-true “see all the shapes around you” concept book above the usual fare. Now it’s time to keep exploring shapes with more books! Take it away Erica…. Here are some books made by kids! Clara made the one below and Erica’s son made a water color version. We did that with our colored books because I cut down the day-glo pages from larger sheets. It’s human nature that we cannot cut things exactly alike! In this instance, align the shapes, staple, then trim the edges. cutting larger paper to 8 1/2″ x 11″, that your shapes may not align perfectly when you stack the pages edge to edge. Be aware that if you cut paper to size, i.e.You can either assist them or have tape at the ready to fix any accidental cut-throughs! It may be challenging for younger children to cut out the negative shape.Round out the lesson with some books from our book list. Use the template in your classroom/homeschooling for a simple geometry lesson.You will be able to make 3 different books with this number of sheets.

For different colors of each shape you will need to have 6 different colors of paper and 1 sheet of white paper/cardstock. In lieu of coloring cardstock you may print on colored cardstock.Heavy weight paper will help counteract this. Saturating paper with markers or paint sometimes makes the edges curl.

If you plan on coloring the pages I highly recommend printing on cardstock.

You’re done! I love how the layering of colors and shapes creates op-art design!

Step Seven Staple pages together along the left edge.

Step Six Layer the pages in the following order, according to the number of sides in the shape:Ĭover, Circle, Octagon, Hexagon, Rectangle, Square, Triangle, Back Page.

Step Four Crease each shape at the dotted lines and make a cut at the center.

If you are using colored paper you can skip this step.

Step Three Color the page AROUND each shape and color the back page.

Print “Actual Size.” DO NOT PRINT TO FIT or your shapes won’t align.

Step One Download and print the template on 8 ½” x 11” card stock.

Markers (these work incredibly well for quickly adding a LOT of color) or crayons or colored pencils or paint (use with white cardstock/paper).

Books about shapes for kindergarten plus#

This post contains affiliate links to products I love and recommend to my readers, plus it keeps this little blog o’mine afloat! Thank you! Math Book Art: My Shape Book Materials Having kids cut out the shapes and assemble the book in order of the number of sides per shape will give them a wonderful opportunity to associate the name, number, and look of each of these basic shapes. I truly believe that hands-on experiences make for the most memorable lessons. This activity is the perfect opportunity for kids to become familiar with basic geometric shapes. Color and layer those shapes and you have op-art! For a companion activity I created a downloadable template for an easy to make shape book.

You can find links to five of the books here and five more on What Do We Do All Day. Erica has compiled an amazing list of shape based books for kids. We want to inspire the young creators and authors in our children! Our first project was Pop-Up Books and can be found here.įor today’s topic we decided to focus on math, specifically shape activities for kids.

Books about shapes for kindergarten series#

We are back with the second installment of our Book Art Series in collaboration with Erica from What Do We Do All Day! If you haven’t seen the first installment in this series here’s how it works: Erica is creating book lists for kids based on a topic and I’ll be supplying a companion activity.